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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 More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
abandonment
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
able
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From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
all
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
almost
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
also
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
always
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From this reading In boyhood he had felt always a little sad at the approach of autumn.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
approach
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From this reading In boyhood he had felt always a little sad at the approach of autumn.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In boyhood he had felt always a little sad at the approach of autumn.
autumn
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From this reading In boyhood he had felt always a little sad at the approach of autumn.
beautiful
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
boyhood
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From this reading In boyhood he had felt always a little sad at the approach of autumn.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
chrysanthemums
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
creeper
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
crimson
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
days
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
decay
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
deep
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
deeply
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
draw
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From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
drawing
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
exactly
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From this reading He had not then grasped the truth that in exactly the proportion in which the days draw in they will, in the fullness of time, draw out.
family
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
father
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
felt
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From this reading In boyhood he had felt always a little sad at the approach of autumn.
fifteen
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
flushed
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
fourteen
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
friend
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
fullness
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From this reading He had not then grasped the truth that in exactly the proportion in which the days draw in they will, in the fullness of time, draw out.
gloom
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
grasped
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From this reading He had not then grasped the truth that in exactly the proportion in which the days draw in they will, in the fullness of time, draw out.
green
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
grey
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In boyhood he had felt always a little sad at the approach of autumn.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In boyhood he had felt always a little sad at the approach of autumn.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
How
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
lawn
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
leaves
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
lime
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In boyhood he had felt always a little sad at the approach of autumn.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
melancholy
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
morbid
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
More
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From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had not then grasped the truth that in exactly the proportion in which the days draw in they will, in the fullness of time, draw out.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In boyhood he had felt always a little sad at the approach of autumn.
old
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
Once
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
out
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From this reading He had not then grasped the truth that in exactly the proportion in which the days draw in they will, in the fullness of time, draw out.
overheardnounUS /ˈoverheard/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
Percy
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From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
petals
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
prodigally
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
proportion
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From this reading He had not then grasped the truth that in exactly the proportion in which the days draw in they will, in the fullness of time, draw out.
quiet
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From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
regularity
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From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
remark
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
sad
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From this reading In boyhood he had felt always a little sad at the approach of autumn.
satisfaction
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From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
say
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
season
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From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
set
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From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
shed
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
signs
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
smooth
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
somehow
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
succeeded
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From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
sureness
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From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
then
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From this reading He had not then grasped the truth that in exactly the proportion in which the days draw in they will, in the fullness of time, draw out.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
things
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
tranquil
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From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
trees
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
truth
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From this reading He had not then grasped the truth that in exactly the proportion in which the days draw in they will, in the fullness of time, draw out.
walls
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Once, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had overheard a friend of the family say to his father "How the days are drawing in!"--a remark which set him thinking deeply, with an almost morbid abandonment to gloom, for quite a long time.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading He had not then grasped the truth that in exactly the proportion in which the days draw in they will, in the fullness of time, draw out.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
year
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From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
year's
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
years
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From this reading More and more, as the tranquil years went by, Percy found himself able to draw a quiet satisfaction from the regularity, the even sureness, with which, in every year, one season succeeded to another.
yellowing
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From this reading The yellowing leaves of the lime trees, the creeper that flushed to so deep a crimson against the old grey walls, the chrysanthemums that shed so prodigally their petals on the smooth green lawn--all these things, beautiful and wonderful though they were, were somehow a little melancholy also, as being signs of the year's decay.
