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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 "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
Again
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From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
aid
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From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
asked
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From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
bear
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From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
bed
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From this reading And down within the silent grave, He laid his weary head; And soon the early violets Grew o'er his grassy bed.
BERTIE
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From this reading THE LAST OF LITTLE BERTIE.
chaplet
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From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
dead
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From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
down
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From this reading And down within the silent grave, He laid his weary head; And soon the early violets Grew o'er his grassy bed.
early
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From this reading And down within the silent grave, He laid his weary head; And soon the early violets Grew o'er his grassy bed.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
fair
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From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
flowers
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From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
forth
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From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
gathered
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From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
grassy
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From this reading And down within the silent grave, He laid his weary head; And soon the early violets Grew o'er his grassy bed.
grave
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From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
Grew
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From this reading And down within the silent grave, He laid his weary head; And soon the early violets Grew o'er his grassy bed.
hard
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From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And down within the silent grave, He laid his weary head; And soon the early violets Grew o'er his grassy bed.
head
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From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
Heaven
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From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
heavy
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From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
household
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From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
knelt
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From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
laid
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From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
LAST
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From this reading THE LAST OF LITTLE BERTIE.
lay
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From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
LITTLE
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From this reading THE LAST OF LITTLE BERTIE.
lot
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From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
mother
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From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
o'er
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From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LAST OF LITTLE BERTIE.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
only
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From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
prayer
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From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
primroses
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From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
put
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From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
putting
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From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
scatter
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From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
shroud
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From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
silent
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From this reading And down within the silent grave, He laid his weary head; And soon the early violets Grew o'er his grassy bed.
snow-white
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From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
soon
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From this reading And down within the silent grave, He laid his weary head; And soon the early violets Grew o'er his grassy bed.
spring
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From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST OF LITTLE BERTIE.
there
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From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.
Twas
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From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
violets
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From this reading And down within the silent grave, He laid his weary head; And soon the early violets Grew o'er his grassy bed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
ways
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From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
weary
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From this reading And down within the silent grave, He laid his weary head; And soon the early violets Grew o'er his grassy bed.
went
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From this reading The mother went her household ways, Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of Heaven its aid Her heavy lot to bear."
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She laid him in his little grave-- 'Twas hard to lay him there: When spring was putting forth its flowers, And everything was fair.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading And down within the silent grave, He laid his weary head; And soon the early violets Grew o'er his grassy bed.
