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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 "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
addicted
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From this reading But the man addicted to revery forms his own landscapes and colours his own skies.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
always
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From this reading One's self is always the same self; and that is why I yawn so often.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
babbling
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
broad
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the man addicted to revery forms his own landscapes and colours his own skies.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
Chillingly
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From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
coloursnounUS /ˈcolours/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But the man addicted to revery forms his own landscapes and colours his own skies.
conducive
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
dusty
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
emotion
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From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
felt
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From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
forms
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From this reading But the man addicted to revery forms his own landscapes and colours his own skies.
get
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From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
greenswards
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
hereditary
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From this reading KENELM retraced his steps homeward under the shade of his "old hereditary trees."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading KENELM retraced his steps homeward under the shade of his "old hereditary trees."
homeward
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From this reading KENELM retraced his steps homeward under the shade of his "old hereditary trees."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
KENELM
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From this reading KENELM retraced his steps homeward under the shade of his "old hereditary trees."
landscapes
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From this reading But the man addicted to revery forms his own landscapes and colours his own skies.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
man
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From this reading But the man addicted to revery forms his own landscapes and colours his own skies.
man's
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From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
more
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading KENELM retraced his steps homeward under the shade of his "old hereditary trees."
often
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From this reading One's self is always the same self; and that is why I yawn so often.
old
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From this reading KENELM retraced his steps homeward under the shade of his "old hereditary trees."
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
One's
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From this reading One's self is always the same self; and that is why I yawn so often.
out
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From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
own
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From this reading But the man addicted to revery forms his own landscapes and colours his own skies.
path
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
peaceful
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
pleasanternounUS /ˈpleasanter/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
plodded
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
quitted
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
retraced
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From this reading KENELM retraced his steps homeward under the shade of his "old hereditary trees."
revery
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From this reading But the man addicted to revery forms his own landscapes and colours his own skies.
rivulet
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One's self is always the same self; and that is why I yawn so often.
self
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From this reading One's self is always the same self; and that is why I yawn so often.
shade
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From this reading KENELM retraced his steps homeward under the shade of his "old hereditary trees."
side
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
skies
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From this reading But the man addicted to revery forms his own landscapes and colours his own skies.
skin
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From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading One's self is always the same self; and that is why I yawn so often.
soliloquized
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From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
steps
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From this reading KENELM retraced his steps homeward under the shade of his "old hereditary trees."
strange
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From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One's self is always the same self; and that is why I yawn so often.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading KENELM retraced his steps homeward under the shade of his "old hereditary trees."
thoroughfare
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
thoughts
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
trees
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From this reading KENELM retraced his steps homeward under the shade of his "old hereditary trees."
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading KENELM retraced his steps homeward under the shade of his "old hereditary trees."
variety
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From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
wanderer
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From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One might have thought his path along the greenswards, and by the side of the babbling rivulet, was pleasanter and more conducive to peaceful thoughts than the broad, dusty thoroughfare along which plodded the wanderer he had quitted.
why
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From this reading One's self is always the same self; and that is why I yawn so often.
yawn
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From this reading One's self is always the same self; and that is why I yawn so often.
yearning
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From this reading "It is," soliloquized Kenelm Chillingly, "a strange yearning I have long felt,--to get out of myself, to get, as it were, into another man's skin, and have a little variety of thought and emotion.
