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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 twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He carried a book in his hand, and sat down close by the stream, under the shade of an old beech tree.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
beautiful
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
beech
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From this reading He carried a book in his hand, and sat down close by the stream, under the shade of an old beech tree.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
book
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From this reading He carried a book in his hand, and sat down close by the stream, under the shade of an old beech tree.
brook
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
carried
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From this reading He carried a book in his hand, and sat down close by the stream, under the shade of an old beech tree.
city
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
close
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From this reading He carried a book in his hand, and sat down close by the stream, under the shade of an old beech tree.
CONCLUSION
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From this reading CONCLUSION.
contiguous
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
divides
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
down
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From this reading He carried a book in his hand, and sat down close by the stream, under the shade of an old beech tree.
end
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From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
estates
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
eye
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
farm
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
fifteen
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
hand
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From this reading He carried a book in his hand, and sat down close by the stream, under the shade of an old beech tree.
Hastening
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From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He carried a book in his hand, and sat down close by the stream, under the shade of an old beech tree.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He carried a book in his hand, and sat down close by the stream, under the shade of an old beech tree.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
intervening
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From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
lad
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
losing
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
lovely
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
margin
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
meadow
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
miles
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
months
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From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
narrative
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From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
old
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
Omniscient
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
pass
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From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
passes
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
penetrating
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
Philadelphia
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
Sabbath
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From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
sat
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From this reading He carried a book in his hand, and sat down close by the stream, under the shade of an old beech tree.
seen
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
serene
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
several
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From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
shade
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From this reading He carried a book in his hand, and sat down close by the stream, under the shade of an old beech tree.
Some
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
sparkling
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
stream
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
there
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
thick
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
thickest
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
thoughtfully
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
tree
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From this reading He carried a book in his hand, and sat down close by the stream, under the shade of an old beech tree.
twenty
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He carried a book in his hand, and sat down close by the stream, under the shade of an old beech tree.
walking
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
witness
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From this reading Hastening to the end of our narrative, we pass by several intervening months, and witness again another Sabbath morning in May.
wood
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From this reading Some twenty miles from the city of Philadelphia, a sparkling little brook passes through the meadow of a beautiful farm, losing itself in a thick wood that divides the contiguous estates.
years
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From this reading On that lovely May morning,--that serene Sabbath,--there might have been seen,--there was seen by the Omniscient eye,--a lad, some fifteen years old, walking thoughtfully along the margin of that little stream, and penetrating into the thickest part of the wood.
