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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 Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
almost
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From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As we dwelt upon the past and glanced at the future, our full hearts overflowed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As we dwelt upon the past and glanced at the future, our full hearts overflowed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
boyish
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
building
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now, he too, should have “somebody to come home to.”
constructing
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
delight
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
dwelt
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From this reading As we dwelt upon the past and glanced at the future, our full hearts overflowed.
eternal
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From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
explaining
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
father
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
full
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From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
future
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From this reading As we dwelt upon the past and glanced at the future, our full hearts overflowed.
glanced
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From this reading As we dwelt upon the past and glanced at the future, our full hearts overflowed.
grounds
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
happened
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From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Now, he too, should have “somebody to come home to.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
hearts
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From this reading As we dwelt upon the past and glanced at the future, our full hearts overflowed.
heavenly
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
home
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
house
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
how
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
join
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
many
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
Now
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From this reading Now, he too, should have “somebody to come home to.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As we dwelt upon the past and glanced at the future, our full hearts overflowed.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
overflowed
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From this reading As we dwelt upon the past and glanced at the future, our full hearts overflowed.
own
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
past
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From this reading As we dwelt upon the past and glanced at the future, our full hearts overflowed.
patience
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
Presently
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Now, he too, should have “somebody to come home to.”
somebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading Now, he too, should have “somebody to come home to.”
sweetest
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From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
too
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From this reading Now, he too, should have “somebody to come home to.”
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
unexpected
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From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading As we dwelt upon the past and glanced at the future, our full hearts overflowed.
waiting
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading As we dwelt upon the past and glanced at the future, our full hearts overflowed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
years
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From this reading Presently my father took me over the house and the grounds; with a boyish delight, explaining to me how many years he had been building and constructing and waiting with patience in his heavenly home for the first one of his own to join him.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading I had found the eternal life full of the unexpected, but this was almost the sweetest thing that had happened to me yet.
