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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 Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
adorns
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
age
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From this reading The building itself has no great architectural beauty except the beauty of age.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
April's
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
architectural
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From this reading The building itself has no great architectural beauty except the beauty of age.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
Avon
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
Avonsbridge
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
beauty
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From this reading The building itself has no great architectural beauty except the beauty of age.
Bede's
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
bridge
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
building
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From this reading The building itself has no great architectural beauty except the beauty of age.
bunch
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
carry
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
clad
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
close
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
coif
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
colleges
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
combination-room
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
courts
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
crossed
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
curious
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading The building itself has no great architectural beauty except the beauty of age.
face
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
fact
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
fellow's
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
flowers
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
foundress's
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
garden
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
gray
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The building itself has no great architectural beauty except the beauty of age.
grounds
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
growing
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
hall
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The building itself has no great architectural beauty except the beauty of age.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The building itself has no great architectural beauty except the beauty of age.
June
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
Lodge
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
love
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From this reading _"You'll love me yet!
love's
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _"You'll love me yet!
minor
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
most
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The building itself has no great architectural beauty except the beauty of age.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
only
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
other
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
pale
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
possesses
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
protracted
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
reaped
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
Roses
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
Saint
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
seeds
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
side
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
small
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
smiles
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
sowing
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
suffering
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
sweet
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
table
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
tall
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
tarry
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From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
trees
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
very
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
walk
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From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
walls
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
wars
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From this reading Its foundress's sweet, pale, suffering face, clad in the close coif of the time of the wars of the Roses, still smiles over the fellow's table in hall, and adorns the walls of combination-room.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Its courts are gray and still, and its grounds small; in fact, it possesses only the Lodge garden, and a walk between tall trees on the other side of the Avon, which is crossed by a very curious bridge.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading _"You'll love me yet!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
You'll
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From this reading _"You'll love me yet!
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And I can tarry Your love's protracted growing: June reaped that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing."_ Saint Bede's is one of the most ancient of the minor colleges of Avonsbridge.
