AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A corn-field in July is a sultry place.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
backadverbUS /bæk/
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
bannersnounUS /ˈbænərz/
plural of “banner” — long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
bendverbUS /bend/
form a curve
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
broad-flung
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
brothernounUS /ˈbrʌðər/
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
comesnounUS /kʌmz/
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
cooladjectiveUS /kuːl/
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
cornnounUS /kɔːrn/
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
corn-field
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From this reading A corn-field in July is a sultry place.
corn-plough
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
corn-rows
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
dazzlingadjectiveUS /ˈdæzəlɪŋ/
amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
double-shovel
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
drawnadjectiveUS /drɔːn/
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
dropsnounUS /drɑːps/
plural of “drop” — a shape that is spherical and small
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
dryadjectiveUS /draɪ/
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
enoughnounUS /ɪˈnʌf/
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
eternallyadverbUS /ɪˈtɜːrnəli/
for a limitless time
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
faintadjectiveUS /feɪnt/
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
faradverbUS /fɑːr/
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
fieldnounUS /fiːld/
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
floodnounUS /flʌd/
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
FollowverbUS /ˈfɑːloʊ/
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
forthadverbUS /fɔːrθ/
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
growingnounUS /ˈɡroʊɪŋ/
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
handlesnounUS /ˈhændəlz/
plural of “handle” — the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
heatnounUS /hiːt/
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
holdingnounUS /ˈhoʊldɪŋ/
the act of retaining something
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
horsenounUS /hɔːrs/
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
hotadjectiveUS /hɑːt/
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
hungernounUS /ˈhʌŋɡər/
a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
IInoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
intenseadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈtens/
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A corn-field in July is a sultry place.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
Julia
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
JulynounUS /ˌdʒuːˈlaɪ/
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading A corn-field in July is a sultry place.
ladenadjectiveUS /ˈleɪdən/
filled with a great quantity
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
laughsnounUS /læfs/
plural of “laugh” — the sound of laughing
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
lazilyadverbUS /ˈlæzəli/
in a slow and lazy manner
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
leavesnounUS /liːvz/
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
lightadjectiveUS /laɪt/
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
makeverbUS /meɪk/
engage in
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
moreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
murmuringnounUS /ˈmɜːrmərɪŋ/
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
nearlyadverbUS /ˈnɪrli/
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/
and nothing more
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
Otto
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
passverbUS /pæs/
go across or through
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
Peterson
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
placenounUS /pleɪs/
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading A corn-field in July is a sultry place.
rapidlyadverbUS /ˈræpədli/
with speed
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
rivernounUS /ˈrɪvər/
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
rodeverbUS /roʊd/
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
runverbUS /rʌn/
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
seemverbUS /siːm/
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
shadowsnounUS /ˈʃædoʊz/
plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
shallows
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From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
sickeningadjectiveUS /ˈsɪkənɪŋ/
causing or able to cause nausea
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
smellnounUS /smel/
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
soilnounUS /sɔɪl/
the state of being covered with unclean things
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
steamingadjectiveUS /ˈstiːmɪŋ/
filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
sultryadjectiveUS /ˈsʌltri/
sexually exciting or gratifying
From this reading A corn-field in July is a sultry place.
sunnounUS /sʌn/
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
tollingverbUS /ˈtoʊlɪŋ/
-ing form of “toll” — ring slowly
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
verticaladjectiveUS /ˈvɜːrtɪkəl/
at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
warmadjectiveUS /wɔːrm/
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
waternounUS /ˈwɔːtər/
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
windnounUS /waɪnd/
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
