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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 The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The first, too early, scent from leaves about to fall, penetrated to the heart.
air
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From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
assault
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From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
autumn
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From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
beams
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
birds
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From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
blowing
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From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
breast
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
burnt-in
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From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
clouds
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
Courtier
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From this reading Courtier sat in Hyde Park waiting for five o'clock.
crisped
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
darted
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
day
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From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
delicate
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
doves
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
early
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From this reading The first, too early, scent from leaves about to fall, penetrated to the heart.
fall
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From this reading The first, too early, scent from leaves about to fall, penetrated to the heart.
feathers
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
five
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From this reading Courtier sat in Hyde Park waiting for five o'clock.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Courtier sat in Hyde Park waiting for five o'clock.
fragments
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From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
glow
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From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
grey
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From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
ground
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
heart
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From this reading The first, too early, scent from leaves about to fall, penetrated to the heart.
heavenly
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
hot
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From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
Hyde
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From this reading Courtier sat in Hyde Park waiting for five o'clock.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Courtier sat in Hyde Park waiting for five o'clock.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
leaves
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
LibertynounUS /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
mellowed
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
o'clock
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From this reading Courtier sat in Hyde Park waiting for five o'clock.
odes
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From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
Park
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From this reading Courtier sat in Hyde Park waiting for five o'clock.
penetrated
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From this reading The first, too early, scent from leaves about to fall, penetrated to the heart.
piercing
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
pipes
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From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
recovered
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From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
sat
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From this reading Courtier sat in Hyde Park waiting for five o'clock.
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading The first, too early, scent from leaves about to fall, penetrated to the heart.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
showered
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
somewhat
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From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
sorrowful
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From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
Spring
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From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
stains
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
summer
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From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
sun
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From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
sweet
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From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The sun, piercing the crisped clouds, those breast feathers of heavenly doves, darted its beams at the mellowed leaves, and showered to the ground their delicate shadow stains.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
too
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From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
tuning
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From this reading And sorrowful sweet birds were tuning their little autumn pipes, blowing into them fragments of Spring odes to Liberty.
waiting
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From this reading Courtier sat in Hyde Park waiting for five o'clock.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
yield
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From this reading The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.
