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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 was a babe, beautiful from its birth."--SHELLEY.
all
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
almost
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From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
August
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From this reading The next day awakes calm and fair, and full of the rich ripeness that belongs to August.
awakes
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From this reading The next day awakes calm and fair, and full of the rich ripeness that belongs to August.
babe
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From this reading "It was a babe, beautiful from its birth."--SHELLEY.
beautiful
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From this reading "It was a babe, beautiful from its birth."--SHELLEY.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
belongs
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From this reading The next day awakes calm and fair, and full of the rich ripeness that belongs to August.
birth
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From this reading "It was a babe, beautiful from its birth."--SHELLEY.
blossom
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
blue
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
calls
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
calm
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From this reading The next day awakes calm and fair, and full of the rich ripeness that belongs to August.
carmine
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
cousins
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From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
dancing
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
day
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From this reading The next day awakes calm and fair, and full of the rich ripeness that belongs to August.
deepened
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
dew
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
dressed
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
drink
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
exquisite
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
eyes
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day awakes calm and fair, and full of the rich ripeness that belongs to August.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
flowers
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From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
flush
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
forth
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
freshness
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "It was a babe, beautiful from its birth."--SHELLEY.
full
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From this reading The next day awakes calm and fair, and full of the rich ripeness that belongs to August.
garden
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
glisten
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
grew
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From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
grown
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
half-past
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
heavens
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It was a babe, beautiful from its birth."--SHELLEY.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading "It was a babe, beautiful from its birth."--SHELLEY.
jeweledadjectiveUS /ˈdʒuː.əld/
Adorned or decorated with precious gems, diamonds, and emeralds.
From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
lawn
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
like
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From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
Lilian
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
lingers
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
nets
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day awakes calm and fair, and full of the rich ripeness that belongs to August.
nurse
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next day awakes calm and fair, and full of the rich ripeness that belongs to August.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
opal
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
opening
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
rich
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From this reading The next day awakes calm and fair, and full of the rich ripeness that belongs to August.
ripeness
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From this reading The next day awakes calm and fair, and full of the rich ripeness that belongs to August.
rushes
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
seven
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
SHELLEY
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From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
sky
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
spiders
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
spread
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
stem
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From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
sunbeams
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
sweet
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The next day awakes calm and fair, and full of the rich ripeness that belongs to August.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day awakes calm and fair, and full of the rich ripeness that belongs to August.
There
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From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
tinged
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
together
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From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
twins
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From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
two
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From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
warmest
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It was a babe, beautiful from its birth."--SHELLEY.
webs
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From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "There were two cousins almost like to twins; And so they grew together, like two flowers Upon one stem."--SHELLEY.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The dew still lingers upon lawn and blossom; the spiders' webs glisten like jeweled nets in the dancing sunbeams; the exquisite opal flush of the morning sky has grown and spread and deepened, until all the heavens are tinged with warmest carmine.
world
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From this reading Lilian, opening her blue eyes upon the world at half-past seven, calls her nurse, and being dressed rushes forth into the garden to drink in all the first sweet freshness of the day.
