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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
air
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From this reading The air was pungent with the smells of coming autumn.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
autumn
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From this reading The air was pungent with the smells of coming autumn.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading HOMING But the homeward journey was even more delightful than the journey coming had been.
bent
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From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
blackberries
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From this reading There were still strawberries for the gathering, and the raspberries and blackberries were ripe.
boy
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading HOMING But the homeward journey was even more delightful than the journey coming had been.
coming
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From this reading HOMING But the homeward journey was even more delightful than the journey coming had been.
delightful
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From this reading HOMING But the homeward journey was even more delightful than the journey coming had been.
even
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From this reading HOMING But the homeward journey was even more delightful than the journey coming had been.
eyes
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There were still strawberries for the gathering, and the raspberries and blackberries were ripe.
fruit
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From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
gathering
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From this reading There were still strawberries for the gathering, and the raspberries and blackberries were ripe.
gentle
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
glinting
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
glistening
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From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
good
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading HOMING But the homeward journey was even more delightful than the journey coming had been.
harvest
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From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
heavy
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From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
homeward
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From this reading HOMING But the homeward journey was even more delightful than the journey coming had been.
HOMING
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From this reading HOMING But the homeward journey was even more delightful than the journey coming had been.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
journey
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From this reading HOMING But the homeward journey was even more delightful than the journey coming had been.
kinder
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
little
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
mandarin
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
more
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From this reading HOMING But the homeward journey was even more delightful than the journey coming had been.
narrow
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
narrowly
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
nuts
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From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The air was pungent with the smells of coming autumn.
old
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
orchards
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From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
prickly-sheathed
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From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
pungent
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From this reading The air was pungent with the smells of coming autumn.
raspberries
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From this reading There were still strawberries for the gathering, and the raspberries and blackberries were ripe.
ripe
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From this reading There were still strawberries for the gathering, and the raspberries and blackberries were ripe.
ripening
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From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
smells
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From this reading The air was pungent with the smells of coming autumn.
smile
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
still
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From this reading There were still strawberries for the gathering, and the raspberries and blackberries were ripe.
strawberries
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From this reading There were still strawberries for the gathering, and the raspberries and blackberries were ripe.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading HOMING But the homeward journey was even more delightful than the journey coming had been.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOMING But the homeward journey was even more delightful than the journey coming had been.
There
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From this reading There were still strawberries for the gathering, and the raspberries and blackberries were ripe.
thick
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From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
trees
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From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
very
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOMING But the homeward journey was even more delightful than the journey coming had been.
watching
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
wayside
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From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the wayside orchards the trees bent with ripening fruit and were heavy with thick harvest of glistening and prickly-sheathed nuts.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
wont
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From this reading The mandarin was very good to the boy, even a little kinder than his wont, watching him narrowly with a gentle smile glinting in the narrow old eyes.
