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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
All
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From this reading All this Oliver saw, at a distance, from the top of the stage.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
arms
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
banks
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
bathe
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
bower
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From this reading Outside of this bower of green--a darker green than the velvet meadow-grass about it--glistened the roofs and windows of the village houses.
bowlder
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
breath
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
brook
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
BROOKFIELD
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
brooks
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the middle of the meadow, just where two white ribbons of roads crossed, was a clump of trees pierced by a church-spire.
caught
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
church-spire
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From this reading In the middle of the meadow, just where two white ribbons of roads crossed, was a clump of trees pierced by a church-spire.
circled
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
clump
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
crossed
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From this reading In the middle of the meadow, just where two white ribbons of roads crossed, was a clump of trees pierced by a church-spire.
darker
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From this reading Outside of this bower of green--a darker green than the velvet meadow-grass about it--glistened the roofs and windows of the village houses.
DAYS
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
deep
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
distance
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From this reading All this Oliver saw, at a distance, from the top of the stage.
down
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
eddies
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
FARM
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
floated
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
fringing
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
gently
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
glistened
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From this reading Outside of this bower of green--a darker green than the velvet meadow-grass about it--glistened the roofs and windows of the village houses.
gossiping
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
grasses
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
green
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From this reading Outside of this bower of green--a darker green than the velvet meadow-grass about it--glistened the roofs and windows of the village houses.
growing
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
headers
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
Hillock's
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
houses
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From this reading Outside of this bower of green--a darker green than the velvet meadow-grass about it--glistened the roofs and windows of the village houses.
idling
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
just
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From this reading In the middle of the meadow, just where two white ribbons of roads crossed, was a clump of trees pierced by a church-spire.
laughing
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
lay
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
leapingnounUS /ˈleaping/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
lily-pads
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
locked
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
lost
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
meadow
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
meadow-grass
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From this reading Outside of this bower of green--a darker green than the velvet meadow-grass about it--glistened the roofs and windows of the village houses.
middle
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From this reading In the middle of the meadow, just where two white ribbons of roads crossed, was a clump of trees pierced by a church-spire.
Moose
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
narrow
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
Oliver
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From this reading All this Oliver saw, at a distance, from the top of the stage.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
out
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
OutsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Outside of this bower of green--a darker green than the velvet meadow-grass about it--glistened the roofs and windows of the village houses.
pierced
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From this reading In the middle of the meadow, just where two white ribbons of roads crossed, was a clump of trees pierced by a church-spire.
plunging
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
pools
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
rested
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
ribbons
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From this reading In the middle of the meadow, just where two white ribbons of roads crossed, was a clump of trees pierced by a church-spire.
roads
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From this reading In the middle of the meadow, just where two white ribbons of roads crossed, was a clump of trees pierced by a church-spire.
rock
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
roofs
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From this reading Outside of this bower of green--a darker green than the velvet meadow-grass about it--glistened the roofs and windows of the village houses.
saw
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From this reading All this Oliver saw, at a distance, from the top of the stage.
shallows
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
SOME
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
stage
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From this reading All this Oliver saw, at a distance, from the top of the stage.
stopping
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
strayed
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
taking
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
tall
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Outside of this bower of green--a darker green than the velvet meadow-grass about it--glistened the roofs and windows of the village houses.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Outside of this bower of green--a darker green than the velvet meadow-grass about it--glistened the roofs and windows of the village houses.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
tired
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
together
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
top
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From this reading All this Oliver saw, at a distance, from the top of the stage.
trees
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From this reading In the middle of the meadow, just where two white ribbons of roads crossed, was a clump of trees pierced by a church-spire.
two
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
velvet
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From this reading Outside of this bower of green--a darker green than the velvet meadow-grass about it--glistened the roofs and windows of the village houses.
village
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
walls
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the middle of the meadow, just where two white ribbons of roads crossed, was a clump of trees pierced by a church-spire.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In the middle of the meadow, just where two white ribbons of roads crossed, was a clump of trees pierced by a church-spire.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
whispering
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
white
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From this reading In the middle of the meadow, just where two white ribbons of roads crossed, was a clump of trees pierced by a church-spire.
wide
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From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
willows
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From this reading Here in the meadow it caught its breath and rested, idling along, stopping to bathe a clump of willows; whispering to the shallows; laughing gently with another brook that had locked arms with it, the two gossiping together under their breath as they floated on through the tall grasses fringing the banks, or circled about the lily-pads growing in the eddies.
windows
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From this reading Outside of this bower of green--a darker green than the velvet meadow-grass about it--glistened the roofs and windows of the village houses.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading SOME DAYS AT BROOKFIELD FARM Brookfield village lay in a great wide meadow through which strayed one of Moose Hillock's lost brooks--a brook tired out with leaping from bowlder to bowlder and taking headers into deep pools, and plunging down between narrow walls of rock.
