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Chapter I
AUTHOR OF "THE REFUGEES" "MICAH CLARKE" ETC. March 24. The spring is fairly with us now. Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks. As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.”
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From this reading March 24.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE REFUGEES" "MICAH CLARKE" ETC.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE REFUGEES" "MICAH CLARKE" ETC.
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From this reading As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE REFUGEES" "MICAH CLARKE" ETC.
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From this reading The spring is fairly with us now.
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From this reading As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The spring is fairly with us now.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading March 24.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE REFUGEES" "MICAH CLARKE" ETC.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
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From this reading The spring is fairly with us now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE REFUGEES" "MICAH CLARKE" ETC.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE REFUGEES" "MICAH CLARKE" ETC.
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From this reading As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading The spring is fairly with us now.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE REFUGEES" "MICAH CLARKE" ETC.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The spring is fairly with us now.
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From this reading As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
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From this reading Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The spring is fairly with us now.
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From this reading As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you.
