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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 --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
air
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
babel
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
broad
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
came
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
catchy
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
chorusnounUS /ˈkɔrəs/
a group singing together
From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
college
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
doors
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
down
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
eternally
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From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
fathomed
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From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
fitting
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Rah for Funnybone!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
Funnybone
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From this reading Rah for Funnybone!
H
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
heavens
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From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
hundred
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
known
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
Less
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From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
making
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
musical
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
noisy
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
out
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
over-flowed
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
poured
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
Rah
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From this reading Rah for Funnybone!
refrain
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
ridge
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
ringing
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
rotunda
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
side
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From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
SIMPSON
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
spilled
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
steps
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
Strange
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From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
students
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
Sunrise
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
three
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
throats
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
tide
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From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
tongues
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
W
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From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
wide
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From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Strange is the wind and the tide, The heavens eternally wide; Less fathomed, this life at my side_.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading --W. H. SIMPSON THE Sunrise rotunda was ringing with a chorus from three hundred throats as three hundred students poured out of doors, and over-flowed the ridge and spilled down the broad steps, making a babel of musical tongues; while fitting itself to every catchy college air known to Sunrise came the noisy refrain:
