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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 A pine forest is nature's expression of solemnity and solitude.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A pine forest is nature's expression of solemnity and solitude.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading With its unceasing reverberations and its eternal shadows, it is as awful and as holy as a cathedral.
aspires
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From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
awful
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From this reading With its unceasing reverberations and its eternal shadows, it is as awful and as holy as a cathedral.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
cascades
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From this reading Sunlight, rivers, cascades, people, music, laughter, or dancing could not make it gay.
cathedral
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From this reading With its unceasing reverberations and its eternal shadows, it is as awful and as holy as a cathedral.
competes
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From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Sunlight, rivers, cascades, people, music, laughter, or dancing could not make it gay.
cup
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From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
Dallas
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dancing
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From this reading Sunlight, rivers, cascades, people, music, laughter, or dancing could not make it gay.
day
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From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
deep
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From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
drinking
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From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
drugged
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From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
enjoys
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eternal
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From this reading With its unceasing reverberations and its eternal shadows, it is as awful and as holy as a cathedral.
expression
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From this reading A pine forest is nature's expression of solemnity and solitude.
fellows
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From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
forest
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From this reading A pine forest is nature's expression of solemnity and solitude.
forty
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gay
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From this reading Sunlight, rivers, cascades, people, music, laughter, or dancing could not make it gay.
gloom
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From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
holy
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From this reading With its unceasing reverberations and its eternal shadows, it is as awful and as holy as a cathedral.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
imitation
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From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A pine forest is nature's expression of solemnity and solitude.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sunlight, rivers, cascades, people, music, laughter, or dancing could not make it gay.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading With its unceasing reverberations and its eternal shadows, it is as awful and as holy as a cathedral.
jollity
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From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
keep
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From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
laughter
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From this reading Sunlight, rivers, cascades, people, music, laughter, or dancing could not make it gay.
Luther
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From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sunlight, rivers, cascades, people, music, laughter, or dancing could not make it gay.
moody
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From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
music
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From this reading Sunlight, rivers, cascades, people, music, laughter, or dancing could not make it gay.
nature's
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From this reading A pine forest is nature's expression of solemnity and solitude.
night
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From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Sunlight, rivers, cascades, people, music, laughter, or dancing could not make it gay.
oblivion
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From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A pine forest is nature's expression of solemnity and solitude.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Sunlight, rivers, cascades, people, music, laughter, or dancing could not make it gay.
people
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From this reading Sunlight, rivers, cascades, people, music, laughter, or dancing could not make it gay.
perennial
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From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
pine
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From this reading A pine forest is nature's expression of solemnity and solitude.
quaffed
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From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
reverberations
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From this reading With its unceasing reverberations and its eternal shadows, it is as awful and as holy as a cathedral.
rivers
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From this reading Sunlight, rivers, cascades, people, music, laughter, or dancing could not make it gay.
shadows
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From this reading With its unceasing reverberations and its eternal shadows, it is as awful and as holy as a cathedral.
solemnity
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From this reading A pine forest is nature's expression of solemnity and solitude.
solitude
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From this reading A pine forest is nature's expression of solemnity and solitude.
soul
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From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
Spend
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From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
Sunlight
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From this reading Sunlight, rivers, cascades, people, music, laughter, or dancing could not make it gay.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
Thirty
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From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
together
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From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
twenty-five
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unceasing
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From this reading With its unceasing reverberations and its eternal shadows, it is as awful and as holy as a cathedral.
up
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From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With its unceasing reverberations and its eternal shadows, it is as awful and as holy as a cathedral.
working
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From this reading Thirty good fellows working together by day and drinking together by night can keep up but a moody imitation of jollity.
years
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From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Spend twenty-five of your forty years, as Luther Dallas did, in this perennial gloom, and your soul--that which enjoys, aspires, competes--will be drugged as deep as if you had quaffed the cup of oblivion.
