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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 II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
anémones
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From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
away
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From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
bald
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
bank
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
brown
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
budding
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
contemplative
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
day
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
died
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From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
disturbance
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From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
dived
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From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
dusty
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
equallynounUS /ˈequally/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
equatorially
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
fro
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From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
God
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
got
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From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
greens
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
headland
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From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
human
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
II
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
indeed
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
later
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
leisurely
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
lips
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
mirror
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
mirrored
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
month
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
Mr
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From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
nowhere
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From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
only
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From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
out
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From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
particular
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From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
permitted
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
plopped
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From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
plump
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
pockets
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
Polly
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From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
Potwell
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
primroses
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From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
profusely
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
puckered
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
reach
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From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
resume
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From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
ring
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From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
river
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
run
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From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
sea
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From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
slightly
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
soon
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From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
spring
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
springtime
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From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
stream
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From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
strolled
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
swam
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From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
there
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From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
thoughtful
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From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
tramp
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
unprecedented
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
Uppingdon
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From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
vanished
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From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
vividly
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
vole
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From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
wanderer
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From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
watched
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From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
water
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From this reading For a time the wanderer stopped and stood still, and even the thin whistle died away from his lips as he watched a water vole run to and fro upon a little headland across the stream.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The vole plopped into the water and swam and dived and only when the last ring of its disturbance had vanished did Mr. Polly resume his thoughtful course to nowhere in particular.
whistlenounUS /ˈwhistle/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading II A month later a leisurely and dusty tramp, plump equatorially and slightly bald, with his hands in his pockets and his lips puckered to a contemplative whistle, strolled along the river bank between Uppingdon and Potwell.
woods
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From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
world
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was springtime, and in the woods so soon as one got out of reach of the sea wind, there would be anémones and primroses.
year
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From this reading It was a profusely budding spring day and greens such as God had never permitted in the world before in human memory (though indeed they come every year), were mirrored vividly in a mirror of equally unprecedented brown.
