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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 The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
all
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The flowers in the garden and the leaves on the trees were withered and dead.
appointed
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From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
autumn
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
bear
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From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
bountiful
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From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
brown
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From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
casts
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
cheek
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
coating
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
cold
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
coming
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
cows
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
dark
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
day
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The flowers in the garden and the leaves on the trees were withered and dead.
door
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From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
Ellen's
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
eyes
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
farm-house
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From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
fastening
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From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
fed
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
flowers
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From this reading The flowers in the garden and the leaves on the trees were withered and dead.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
forest
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
garden
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From this reading The flowers in the garden and the leaves on the trees were withered and dead.
gathered
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
grew
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From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
ground
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From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
heaped
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From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
heart
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From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
heavier
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From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
hills
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
hollow
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From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
hop-vine
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From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
hue
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
ice
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The flowers in the garden and the leaves on the trees were withered and dead.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
leaf
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
leaves
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From this reading The flowers in the garden and the leaves on the trees were withered and dead.
longer
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
loosened
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From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
luxuriant
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From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
mist
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
mountain
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The flowers in the garden and the leaves on the trees were withered and dead.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
pain
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From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
pallid
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
pond
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
said
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
store
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From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
stores
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
strange
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
summer
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From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The flowers in the garden and the leaves on the trees were withered and dead.
there
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
tossed
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From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
trailed
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From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
trees
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From this reading The flowers in the garden and the leaves on the trees were withered and dead.
unrest
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
watched
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From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The flowers in the garden and the leaves on the trees were withered and dead.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
winter
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From this reading The cows no longer fed among the hills, the winter stores had been gathered in, there was a thin coating of ice upon the pond, and a dark, cold mist upon the mountain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
withered
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From this reading The flowers in the garden and the leaves on the trees were withered and dead.
wood
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From this reading The time appointed had come, and the brown leaves were "heaped in the hollow of the wood" or tossed by the autumn wind, and the pain in Ellen’s heart grew heavier to bear, as morning after morning she said:
yielded
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From this reading The luxuriant hop-vine, which grew about the farm-house door, had yielded its bountiful store, and loosened from its summer fastening trailed upon the ground.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There was a pallid hue upon Ellen’s cheek, and a look of strange unrest in her eyes as day after day, all through the autumn time, she watched for the coming of one who had said, "I will be with you when the forest casts its leaf."
