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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 It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
air
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From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
autumn
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
balm
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From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
Baron
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From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
blossom
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
communicated
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From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
days
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
distressnounUS /dɪˈstrɛs/
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
earnestly
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From this reading The two talked earnestly as they strolled, on a subject necessarily the most prominent in their minds.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
feelings
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From this reading Such feelings men might have who have landed from perilous seas upon a smiling shore.
fibre
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From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
forth
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
Francis
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From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Such feelings men might have who have landed from perilous seas upon a smiling shore.
garden
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From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
gracious
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Such feelings men might have who have landed from perilous seas upon a smiling shore.
human
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From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
kitchen
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From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
landed
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From this reading Such feelings men might have who have landed from perilous seas upon a smiling shore.
Le
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From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
men
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From this reading Such feelings men might have who have landed from perilous seas upon a smiling shore.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Such feelings men might have who have landed from perilous seas upon a smiling shore.
minds
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From this reading The two talked earnestly as they strolled, on a subject necessarily the most prominent in their minds.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
most
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From this reading The two talked earnestly as they strolled, on a subject necessarily the most prominent in their minds.
necessarily
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From this reading The two talked earnestly as they strolled, on a subject necessarily the most prominent in their minds.
new
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From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
now
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
old
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From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The two talked earnestly as they strolled, on a subject necessarily the most prominent in their minds.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
Orsden
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From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
out
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From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
perilous
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From this reading Such feelings men might have who have landed from perilous seas upon a smiling shore.
precocious
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
prevailed
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
primroses
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
prominent
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From this reading The two talked earnestly as they strolled, on a subject necessarily the most prominent in their minds.
putting
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
reawakening
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From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
Sage
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From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
seas
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From this reading Such feelings men might have who have landed from perilous seas upon a smiling shore.
sense
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From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
serene
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
shore
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From this reading Such feelings men might have who have landed from perilous seas upon a smiling shore.
Sir
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From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
slowly
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From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
smiling
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From this reading Such feelings men might have who have landed from perilous seas upon a smiling shore.
softness
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From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
soil
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From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
some
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
Spring
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
strolled
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From this reading The two talked earnestly as they strolled, on a subject necessarily the most prominent in their minds.
subject
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From this reading The two talked earnestly as they strolled, on a subject necessarily the most prominent in their minds.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
talked
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From this reading The two talked earnestly as they strolled, on a subject necessarily the most prominent in their minds.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The two talked earnestly as they strolled, on a subject necessarily the most prominent in their minds.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
There
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From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The two talked earnestly as they strolled, on a subject necessarily the most prominent in their minds.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
together
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From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
two
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
up
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From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Such feelings men might have who have landed from perilous seas upon a smiling shore.
walked
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From this reading Sir Francis Orsden and the Baron Le Sage walked slowly up the kitchen garden together.
wall
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
weather
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was a balm in the air and a softness in the soil which communicated themselves to the human fibre, reawakening it as it were to a sense of new life out of old distress.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Such feelings men might have who have landed from perilous seas upon a smiling shore.
windless
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From this reading It was a windless autumn morning, such serene and gracious weather as had prevailed now for some days, and the primroses under the wall were already putting forth a little precocious blossom or two, feeling for the Spring.
