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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 through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading A week after that Treby riot, Harold Transome was at Transome Court.
age
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From this reading The fields are hoary with December's frost, I too am hoary with the chills of age.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading The fields are hoary with December's frost, I too am hoary with the chills of age.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
annoyance
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The fields are hoary with December's frost, I too am hoary with the chills of age.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
ascertaining
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A week after that Treby riot, Harold Transome was at Transome Court.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
best
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From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
borne
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
chills
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From this reading The fields are hoary with December's frost, I too am hoary with the chills of age.
Christmas
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From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
country
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From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
Court
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From this reading A week after that Treby riot, Harold Transome was at Transome Court.
December's
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From this reading The fields are hoary with December's frost, I too am hoary with the chills of age.
delightful
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From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
eight
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
election
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
enough
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
fields
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From this reading The fields are hoary with December's frost, I too am hoary with the chills of age.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
frost
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From this reading The fields are hoary with December's frost, I too am hoary with the chills of age.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
grumbling
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
Harold
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From this reading A week after that Treby riot, Harold Transome was at Transome Court.
hasty
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From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
heart
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From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
hoary
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From this reading The fields are hoary with December's frost, I too am hoary with the chills of age.
home
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From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
humor
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The fields are hoary with December's frost, I too am hoary with the chills of age.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
keep
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From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
lost
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
men
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
most
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
nine
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The fields are hoary with December's frost, I too am hoary with the chills of age.
only
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From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
paid
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
pall
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From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
Parliament
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
price
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
riot
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From this reading A week after that Treby riot, Harold Transome was at Transome Court.
sense
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
shrouds
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From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
sit
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
spirits
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From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
stillness
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From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A week after that Treby riot, Harold Transome was at Transome Court.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fields are hoary with December's frost, I too am hoary with the chills of age.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
thousand
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
throbbing
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From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
too
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From this reading The fields are hoary with December's frost, I too am hoary with the chills of age.
town
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From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
Transome
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From this reading A week after that Treby riot, Harold Transome was at Transome Court.
Treby
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From this reading A week after that Treby riot, Harold Transome was at Transome Court.
untrodden
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From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
useless
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
visit
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From this reading He had returned from a hasty visit to town to keep his Christmas at this delightful country home, not in the best Christmas spirits.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A week after that Treby riot, Harold Transome was at Transome Court.
week
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From this reading A week after that Treby riot, Harold Transome was at Transome Court.
well
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From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
winter
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From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The fields are hoary with December's frost, I too am hoary with the chills of age.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He had lost the election; but if that had been his only annoyance, he had good humor and good sense enough to have borne it as well as most men, and to have paid the eight or nine thousand, which had been the price of ascertaining that he was not to sit in the next Parliament, without useless grumbling.
woods
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From this reading But through the fields and through the untrodden woods Is rest and stillness--only in my heart The pall of winter shrouds a throbbing life.
