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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 To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!
acres
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
back-ranges
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
birth
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
breathless
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
burned
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
call
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
change
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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!
charge
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
comrade's
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
coral
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
crackling
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
cradle
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
dearth
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
death
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
drink
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
drouth
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
drowning
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
dust
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
dusty
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
England
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
English
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
faith
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
fathers
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
Four
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
glasses
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
Golden
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
haze
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
heart's
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
hearts
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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!
held
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
home
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
honour
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
hoofs
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
hope
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
hush
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
Islands
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
lanes
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
learned
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
legends
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
lories
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
love
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
lump
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
men
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
million
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
mothers
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
Nations
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
native
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
New
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
old
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
old-world
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
own
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
painted
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
plains
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
pledge
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
praise
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
pride
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
purchase
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
read
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
risk
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
roam
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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!
rocked
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
rode
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
roofs
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
screamed
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
Sea
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
shoeless
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
skies
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From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!
skylark
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
soil
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
Sons
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
South
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
spent
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
spring
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
stand
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
tales
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
teach
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From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam!
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
tin
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From this reading To the hush of the breathless morning On the thin, tin, crackling roofs, To the haze of the burned back-ranges And the dust of the shoeless hoofs -- To the risk of a death by drowning, To the risk of a death by drouth -- To the men of a million acres, To the Sons of the Golden South!
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
toil
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
wistful
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From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We learned from our wistful mothers To call old England “home”; We read of the English skylark, Of the spring in the English lanes, But we screamed with the painted lories As we rode on the dusty plains!
wrong
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From this reading They passed with their old-world legends -- Their tales of wrong and dearth -- Our fathers held by purchase, But we by the right of birth; Our heart's where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith and our hope and our honour We pledge to our native soil!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I charge you charge your glasses -- I charge you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea -- To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall teach us To praise our comrade's pride!
