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affect
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From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
all
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From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
announcement
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
any
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
arrival
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
bar
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From this reading And there is no severer bar of judgment in the world.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
children
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From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
circle
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
coming
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
criticism
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
cut
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From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
Den
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
face
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From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
garish
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From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
heaven
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From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
Henry
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
instinctive
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From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
intentional
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From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And there is no severer bar of judgment in the world.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
judgment
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From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
Juliet
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From this reading Romeo and Juliet.
likely
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From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
love
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From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
new
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
night
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From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
object
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From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
out
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From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
pass
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From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
pay
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From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
person
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From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
received
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
rigorous
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
Rogers's
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
Romeo
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From this reading Romeo and Juliet.
severer
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From this reading And there is no severer bar of judgment in the world.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
stars
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From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
subjected
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
sun
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From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
TakenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
there
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From this reading And there is no severer bar of judgment in the world.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading This criticism was not intentional; it was the instinctive judgment that children pass upon everything, object or person, likely to affect themselves.
variously
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From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The announcement of Henry Rogers's coming was received--variously, for any new arrival into the Den circle was subjected to rigorous criticism.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
world
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From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
worship
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From this reading Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun!
