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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 A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
alike
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
All
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From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
beauty
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
bowers
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From this reading Thus grape-arbors screened the humbler lodges, and bowers of peach-trees drooped over the unseemly wigwams.
Catharine
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
Catharinestown
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From this reading On the shore lay Catharinestown, the Shawnee village, one of the most lovely spots in the world.
charming
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From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
clear
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
cluster
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From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
cultivated
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From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
drooped
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From this reading Thus grape-arbors screened the humbler lodges, and bowers of peach-trees drooped over the unseemly wigwams.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
fallen
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From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
fruit
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From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
gold
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
goldenly
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
grape-arbors
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From this reading Thus grape-arbors screened the humbler lodges, and bowers of peach-trees drooped over the unseemly wigwams.
grove
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
hemlocks
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From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
humbler
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From this reading Thus grape-arbors screened the humbler lodges, and bowers of peach-trees drooped over the unseemly wigwams.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the shore lay Catharinestown, the Shawnee village, one of the most lovely spots in the world.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
Lake
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
land
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From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
lay
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From this reading On the shore lay Catharinestown, the Shawnee village, one of the most lovely spots in the world.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
lodges
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From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
lone
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
lovely
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From this reading On the shore lay Catharinestown, the Shawnee village, one of the most lovely spots in the world.
Montour's
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
most
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From this reading On the shore lay Catharinestown, the Shawnee village, one of the most lovely spots in the world.
now
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
oaks
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From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading On the shore lay Catharinestown, the Shawnee village, one of the most lovely spots in the world.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Thus grape-arbors screened the humbler lodges, and bowers of peach-trees drooped over the unseemly wigwams.
own
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
paradise
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
peace
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
peach-trees
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From this reading Thus grape-arbors screened the humbler lodges, and bowers of peach-trees drooped over the unseemly wigwams.
pictures
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
poetic
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
result
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
richly
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From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
scenes
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
screened
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From this reading Thus grape-arbors screened the humbler lodges, and bowers of peach-trees drooped over the unseemly wigwams.
Seneca
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
served
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
Shawnee
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From this reading On the shore lay Catharinestown, the Shawnee village, one of the most lovely spots in the world.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
shed
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
shone
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
shore
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From this reading On the shore lay Catharinestown, the Shawnee village, one of the most lovely spots in the world.
smiled
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
spirit
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
spots
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From this reading On the shore lay Catharinestown, the Shawnee village, one of the most lovely spots in the world.
stars
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
strife
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the shore lay Catharinestown, the Shawnee village, one of the most lovely spots in the world.
there
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
thick
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From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
thicketnounUS /ˈθɪkɪt/
a dense group of bushes or small trees
From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
thousand
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
thrifty
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
Thus
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From this reading Thus grape-arbors screened the humbler lodges, and bowers of peach-trees drooped over the unseemly wigwams.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
touched
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From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
trees
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From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
turn
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From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
unseemly
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From this reading Thus grape-arbors screened the humbler lodges, and bowers of peach-trees drooped over the unseemly wigwams.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
village
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From this reading On the shore lay Catharinestown, the Shawnee village, one of the most lovely spots in the world.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading All the land between the shore and that charming cluster of lodges was richly cultivated; fruit trees stood thick where the hemlocks and oaks had fallen.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A thousand stars shone upon Seneca Lake; clear stars that smiled goldenly alike on scenes of strife, such as we have left, and pictures of thrifty peace, to which we now turn.
wigwams
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From this reading Thus grape-arbors screened the humbler lodges, and bowers of peach-trees drooped over the unseemly wigwams.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading If a grove or thicket was left here and there, it was the result of Catharine Montour’s fine taste, for her gold had served to turn the wilderness on that lone shore into a paradise, and her own poetic spirit had shed beauty on everything she touched.
world
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From this reading On the shore lay Catharinestown, the Shawnee village, one of the most lovely spots in the world.
