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Dust: A Novel
Dust: A Novel

Chapter XIV

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June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.
There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.
The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.
Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.
So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Dust: A Novel

Chapter XIV

Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.
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There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.
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The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.
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Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.
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So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Afternoon noun US /ˈafternoon/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.”

Between preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.”

Brought noun US /ˈbrought/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.”

Even noun US /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.”

Glare noun US /glare/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.”

Half noun US /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.”

Journey noun US /ˈjourney/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.”

Memory noun US /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading “Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.”

Repeated noun US /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.”

Shadow noun US /ˈʃæd.oʊ/

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

From this reading “The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.”

Sometimes noun US /sometimes/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.”

Until preposition US /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.”

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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 Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

air

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

almost

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From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

aware

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

baby

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

beauty

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From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

begins

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

beguile

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

belief

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/

the two together, not just one

From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

cold

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

colorless

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From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

combines

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From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

dawning

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From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

dreary

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

earth

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From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

end

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

England

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From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

evennounUS /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

exhilarates

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

experience

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

face

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From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

glarenounUS /glare/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

gloom

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

grim

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

halfnounUS /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

happy

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

hardly

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

health

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

hearts

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

heat

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

Heaven

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

heavy

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

indeed

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

infant

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

journeynounUS /ˈjourney/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

joyful

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From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

June

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From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

learn

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

light

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

like

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

man

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

medium

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

more

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

much

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From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

myriad

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

Nature

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

new

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

once

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

perfect

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

potency

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From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

proceed

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From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

repeatednounUS /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

seems

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From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

shielded

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

sometimes

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From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

sophistries

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

spring

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From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

story

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

subtlety

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

summer

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From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

sun

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From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

sunshine

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From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

sweet

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

telling

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

tender

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From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

There

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From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

times

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

too

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

triumphs

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

unshadowed

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

warmth

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From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

weary

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

well

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The air, both in light and in shadow, is of an even warmth--the happy medium between heat and cold--which, like perfect health, exhilarates us with so much subtlety that we are hardly aware of it until it is no more.

white

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From this reading There is joyful potency in the sunshine, but no white colorless glare; it seems to proceed almost as much from the face of the earth as from the sun.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

wisdom

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From this reading So, too, the infant man begins the heavy journey whose end we know too well, unshadowed by the gloom of our grim experience, shielded from our dreary sophistries by the baby wisdom brought from Heaven, which we can never learn.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading June in England sometimes combines the tender afternoon of spring with the dawning beauty of summer.

youthful

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.

zest

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From this reading Nature, who has no memory, triumphs over our weary hearts by telling over once more the sweet story, repeated a myriad times, and with such youthful zest as half to beguile us into the belief that it is new indeed.