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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 On a spur of the Sussex Downs, inland from Nettle-Cold, there stands a beech-grove.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Here, above fields and dwellings, above the ceaseless network of men's doings, and the vapour of their talk, the traveller feels solemnity.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
air
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
almost
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From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
beech-grove
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From this reading On a spur of the Sussex Downs, inland from Nettle-Cold, there stands a beech-grove.
beech-mat
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
birds
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From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
border
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From this reading And close to the border trees are the quiet, milk-white sheep, in congregation, escaping from noon heat.
branches
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From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
brightness
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
brow
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
ceaseless
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From this reading Here, above fields and dwellings, above the ceaseless network of men's doings, and the vapour of their talk, the traveller feels solemnity.
centre
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
clean
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
close
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From this reading And close to the border trees are the quiet, milk-white sheep, in congregation, escaping from noon heat.
congregation
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From this reading And close to the border trees are the quiet, milk-white sheep, in congregation, escaping from noon heat.
doings
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From this reading Here, above fields and dwellings, above the ceaseless network of men's doings, and the vapour of their talk, the traveller feels solemnity.
Downs
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From this reading On a spur of the Sussex Downs, inland from Nettle-Cold, there stands a beech-grove.
dwellings
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From this reading Here, above fields and dwellings, above the ceaseless network of men's doings, and the vapour of their talk, the traveller feels solemnity.
enters
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
escaping
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From this reading And close to the border trees are the quiet, milk-white sheep, in congregation, escaping from noon heat.
feels
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From this reading Here, above fields and dwellings, above the ceaseless network of men's doings, and the vapour of their talk, the traveller feels solemnity.
fields
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From this reading Here, above fields and dwellings, above the ceaseless network of men's doings, and the vapour of their talk, the traveller feels solemnity.
flowers
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From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On a spur of the Sussex Downs, inland from Nettle-Cold, there stands a beech-grove.
ground
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From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
heat
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, above fields and dwellings, above the ceaseless network of men's doings, and the vapour of their talk, the traveller feels solemnity.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
hum
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From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And close to the border trees are the quiet, milk-white sheep, in congregation, escaping from noon heat.
inland
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From this reading On a spur of the Sussex Downs, inland from Nettle-Cold, there stands a beech-grove.
insects
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From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
men's
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From this reading Here, above fields and dwellings, above the ceaseless network of men's doings, and the vapour of their talk, the traveller feels solemnity.
milk-white
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From this reading And close to the border trees are the quiet, milk-white sheep, in congregation, escaping from noon heat.
mute
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From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
Nettle-Cold
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From this reading On a spur of the Sussex Downs, inland from Nettle-Cold, there stands a beech-grove.
network
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From this reading Here, above fields and dwellings, above the ceaseless network of men's doings, and the vapour of their talk, the traveller feels solemnity.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
noon
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From this reading And close to the border trees are the quiet, milk-white sheep, in congregation, escaping from noon heat.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On a spur of the Sussex Downs, inland from Nettle-Cold, there stands a beech-grove.
off
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On a spur of the Sussex Downs, inland from Nettle-Cold, there stands a beech-grove.
out
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
pale
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From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
quiet
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From this reading And close to the border trees are the quiet, milk-white sheep, in congregation, escaping from noon heat.
rare
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From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
reaching
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
refreshing
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
sanctity
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
sheep
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From this reading And close to the border trees are the quiet, milk-white sheep, in congregation, escaping from noon heat.
shoes
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
sits
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
solemnity
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From this reading Here, above fields and dwellings, above the ceaseless network of men's doings, and the vapour of their talk, the traveller feels solemnity.
spirit
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
spur
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From this reading On a spur of the Sussex Downs, inland from Nettle-Cold, there stands a beech-grove.
stands
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From this reading On a spur of the Sussex Downs, inland from Nettle-Cold, there stands a beech-grove.
sunlight
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From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
Sussex
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From this reading On a spur of the Sussex Downs, inland from Nettle-Cold, there stands a beech-grove.
takes
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
talk
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From this reading Here, above fields and dwellings, above the ceaseless network of men's doings, and the vapour of their talk, the traveller feels solemnity.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On a spur of the Sussex Downs, inland from Nettle-Cold, there stands a beech-grove.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Here, above fields and dwellings, above the ceaseless network of men's doings, and the vapour of their talk, the traveller feels solemnity.
there
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From this reading On a spur of the Sussex Downs, inland from Nettle-Cold, there stands a beech-grove.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And close to the border trees are the quiet, milk-white sheep, in congregation, escaping from noon heat.
traveller
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From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
trees
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From this reading And close to the border trees are the quiet, milk-white sheep, in congregation, escaping from noon heat.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading For the flowers of sunlight on the ground under those branches are pale and rare, no insects hum, the birds are almost mute.
vapour
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From this reading Here, above fields and dwellings, above the ceaseless network of men's doings, and the vapour of their talk, the traveller feels solemnity.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The traveller who enters it out of the heat and brightness, takes off the shoes of his spirit before its, sanctity; and, reaching the centre, across the clean beech-mat, he sits refreshing his brow with air, and silence.
