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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 TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
awoke
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From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
ballad
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From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
BEFOREprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
big
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BREAKFAST
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From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
builded
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
catch
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From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
chant
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
city
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From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
country
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cowboy
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dawn
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From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
ears
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From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
effort
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
environment
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
evolution
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
failed
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From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
gay
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From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
goodly
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
grown
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He lay still a moment, listening.
heard
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From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
house
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From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
humming
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From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
hundred
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
informed
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From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
lay
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From this reading He lay still a moment, listening.
less
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
like
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
listening
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From this reading He lay still a moment, listening.
lonely
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From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
many
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From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
modern
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
moment
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From this reading He lay still a moment, listening.
more
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
natural
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
oblivion
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
Odyssey
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
often
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
Packard
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From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
Packard's
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From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
perhaps
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
poet
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
proportions
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
rather
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
remembered
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From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
resulted
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
retrievedverbUS /rɪˈtriːvd/
Got or brought back something that was lost or hidden.
From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
sick
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From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
singing
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From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
smothered
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From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
some
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
somewhere
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From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
song
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From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
sprawling
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
Steve
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From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He lay still a moment, listening.
strove
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From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
TERRY
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From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
Terry's
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From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
times
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From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
up
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From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
verses
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
vine
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
voice
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From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
walls
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From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
way
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From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
words
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From this reading At times when Terry's humming was smothered by the walls of the house, Packard's memory strove for the words which his ears failed to catch.
worth
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From this reading And more often than not the words, retrieved from oblivion, were less than worth the effort; no poet had builded the chant, which, rather, grown to goodly proportions of perhaps a hundred verses, had resulted from a natural evolution like a modern Odyssey, or some sprawling vine which was what it was because of its environment.
yearning
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From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
years
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From this reading He remembered the song, which, by the way, he had not heard for a good many years, the ballad of a cowboy sick and lonely in a big city, yearning for the open country.
young
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From this reading TERRY BEFORE BREAKFAST A gay young voice singing somewhere through the dawn awoke Steve Packard and informed him that Terry was up and about.
