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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 But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
all
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
black
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From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
blossom
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From this reading Bébée had not heart to pluck a single blossom of them all.
brier
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
Broodhuis
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
brown
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From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
budding
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
bunches
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
Bébée
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
city
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
clods
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From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
crocus
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From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
de
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From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
down
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
eaves
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
feet
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
figure
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From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
fleet
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
flowers
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From this reading "The winter is gone," the townspeople used to say; "look, there is Bébée with the flowers."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
gone
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From this reading "The winter is gone," the townspeople used to say; "look, there is Bébée with the flowers."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
heart
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From this reading Bébée had not heart to pluck a single blossom of them all.
hepatica
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From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The winter is gone," the townspeople used to say; "look, there is Bébée with the flowers."
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
like
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From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The winter is gone," the townspeople used to say; "look, there is Bébée with the flowers."
Maison
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From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
melted
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
other
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
pale
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From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
pluck
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From this reading Bébée had not heart to pluck a single blossom of them all.
Roi
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From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
rosy
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From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
run
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
say
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From this reading "The winter is gone," the townspeople used to say; "look, there is Bébée with the flowers."
see
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From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
single
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From this reading Bébée had not heart to pluck a single blossom of them all.
smiled
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From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
snow
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
snow-drops
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From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
sold
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
springtime
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
sweet
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Bébée had not heart to pluck a single blossom of them all.
there
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From this reading "The winter is gone," the townspeople used to say; "look, there is Bébée with the flowers."
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
timbers
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From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "The winter is gone," the townspeople used to say; "look, there is Bébée with the flowers."
townspeople
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From this reading "The winter is gone," the townspeople used to say; "look, there is Bébée with the flowers."
trees
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
used
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From this reading "The winter is gone," the townspeople used to say; "look, there is Bébée with the flowers."
violets
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
wet
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From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
winter
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From this reading The winter went by, and the snow-drops and crocus and pale hepatica smiled at her from the black clods.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Every other springtime Bébée had run with fleet feet under the budding trees down into the city, and had sold sweet little wet bunches of violets and brier before all the snow was melted from the eaves of the Broodhuis.
year
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From this reading But this year they did not see the little figure itself like a rosy crocus standing against the brown timbers of the Maison de Roi.
