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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 is quite a month later.
air
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From this reading The air is stifling; up from the warm earth comes the almost overpowering perfume of the late flowers.
almost
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From this reading The air is stifling; up from the warm earth comes the almost overpowering perfume of the late flowers.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
August
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
bosom
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
cambric
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
carnations
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
comes
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From this reading The air is stifling; up from the warm earth comes the almost overpowering perfume of the late flowers.
days
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
earth
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From this reading The air is stifling; up from the warm earth comes the almost overpowering perfume of the late flowers.
end
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
expire
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From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
few
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
flies
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From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
flowers
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From this reading The air is stifling; up from the warm earth comes the almost overpowering perfume of the late flowers.
former
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
frock
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The air is stifling; up from the warm earth comes the almost overpowering perfume of the late flowers.
full
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
gathers
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
hollyhocks
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
hot
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
hour
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From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is quite a month later.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
knowing
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
languid
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
late
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From this reading The air is stifling; up from the warm earth comes the almost overpowering perfume of the late flowers.
later
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From this reading It is quite a month later.
light
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From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
mad
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
making
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
manner
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
merriment
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
month
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From this reading It is quite a month later.
more
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From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
most
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
moving
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
nigh
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
overpowering
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From this reading The air is stifling; up from the warm earth comes the almost overpowering perfume of the late flowers.
perfume
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From this reading The air is stifling; up from the warm earth comes the almost overpowering perfume of the late flowers.
Perpetua
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
place
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is quite a month later.
reigning
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
rise
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From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
soft
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
stifling
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From this reading The air is stifling; up from the warm earth comes the almost overpowering perfume of the late flowers.
summer
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
sunny
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
suns
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From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
TillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading 'Till the secret be secret no more In the light of one hour as it flies, Be the hour as of suns that expire Or suns that rise."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
up
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From this reading The air is stifling; up from the warm earth comes the almost overpowering perfume of the late flowers.
warm
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From this reading The air is stifling; up from the warm earth comes the almost overpowering perfume of the late flowers.
well
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From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
white
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From this reading Perpetua moving amongst the carnations and hollyhocks in her soft white cambric frock, gathers a few of the former in a languid manner to place in the bosom of her frock.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading August, hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the most of the days that be, knowing full well that the end of the summer is nigh.
