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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 One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Clare was hovering about the plough.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
all
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CLARE AND HIS HUMAN BROTHERS.
anecdote
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From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
AnothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
blades
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
blowing
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
BROTHERS
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From this reading CLARE AND HIS HUMAN BROTHERS.
brown
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
CLARE
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From this reading CLARE AND HIS HUMAN BROTHERS.
clouds
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
cold
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
comforted
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
corn
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
dark
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
day
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
earth
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
fields
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
furtherance
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From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
green
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
heartless
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
heavens
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading CLARE AND HIS HUMAN BROTHERS.
hope
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
hovering
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From this reading Clare was hovering about the plough.
HUMAN
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From this reading CLARE AND HIS HUMAN BROTHERS.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
just
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
March
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
moment
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
new
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
now
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
plough
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From this reading Clare was hovering about the plough.
rain
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
refusing
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
repentant
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
reviving
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
sense
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
shining
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
shivering
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
sleet
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
stormy
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
story
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From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
tears
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
tender
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
tinging
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
wildly
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
wintry
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From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The fields were now dark and wintry, heartless and cold; now shining all over as with repentant tears; one moment refusing to be comforted, and the next reviving with hope and a sense of new life.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Another anecdote of him, that has no furtherance of the story in it, I must yet tell.
young
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From this reading One cold day in a stormy March, the wind was wildly blowing broken clouds across the heavens, and now rain, now sleet, over the shivering blades of the young corn, whose tender green was just tinging the dark brown earth.
