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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 chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
admitted
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From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
alien
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From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
all
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
AmongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
any
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
arborete
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
asterisks
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
Beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
best
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
blossomes
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
bud
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
Burgoyne
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From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
certain
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
chosen
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
choycely
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
compass
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From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
contain
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
continent
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From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
convenient
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
cover
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
cunning
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
daintie
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
discovered
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From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
drest
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
elapsed
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
ensample
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
existed
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From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
faire
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
fertile
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
few
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
flower
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
forth
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
fought
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
ground
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
grows
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
hand
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
happily
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
held
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From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
herb
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
impossible
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
ingredient
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From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
Jim
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
laid
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
land
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
like
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
lives
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
minute
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
minuteful
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
minutefuls
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
minutes
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From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
month
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From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
months
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
more
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From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
much
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From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
Nature's
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
nest
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
occasion
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
out
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
pain
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
painted
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
parted
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
picked
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
plot
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
rejoin
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From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
remorseful
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From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
represented
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
set
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
seven
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
shocked
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From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
smell
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
smelling
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
spaces
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
stepped
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From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
sweet
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
sweete
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
there
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
throwe
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From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
TimenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
two
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
unfortunately
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
waves
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
wide
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From this reading "It was a chosen plot of fertile land, Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, As if it had by Nature's cunning hand Been choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best.
wish
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From this reading There are few, if any of us, who, in the course of our lives, have not had occasion to wish that certain spaces in those lives might be represented by the convenient asterisks that cover them in books; but this is unfortunately impossible to Jim, as to the rest of us; and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading No daintie flower or herb that grows on ground, No arborete with painted blossomes drest, And smelling sweete, but there it might be found To bud out faire, and throwe her sweet smell all around."
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
year
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From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
year's
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From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Time has stepped upon another year; not much more than stepped, since that year's first month is not yet out; and Burgoyne has stepped upon another continent before we again rejoin him.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading At first those minutes held nothing but pain; he could not tell you which of them it was that first admitted within its little compass any alien ingredient; and he was shocked and remorseful when he discovered that any such existed.
