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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 Hastening to the window, she witnessed a scene very strange to her eyes.
Alf
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From this reading A moment later the voice of Alf resounded through the house, crying, "The robins have come!"
All
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From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
Amy
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From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
animation
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
arrivals
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
awakened
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From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
bills
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
bird-notes
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From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
black
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
breasts
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
brownish
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
calls
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From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
chickens
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From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A moment later the voice of Alf resounded through the house, crying, "The robins have come!"
countless
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From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
crying
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From this reading A moment later the voice of Alf resounded through the house, crying, "The robins have come!"
eyes
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From this reading Hastening to the window, she witnessed a scene very strange to her eyes.
flock
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From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
following
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From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
grass
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From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
greet
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
ground
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From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
HARBINGERS
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From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
Hastening
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From this reading Hastening to the window, she witnessed a scene very strange to her eyes.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A moment later the voice of Alf resounded through the house, crying, "The robins have come!"
heads
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Hastening to the window, she witnessed a scene very strange to her eyes.
house
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From this reading A moment later the voice of Alf resounded through the house, crying, "The robins have come!"
household
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
innumerable
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From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
jaunty
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
later
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From this reading A moment later the voice of Alf resounded through the house, crying, "The robins have come!"
latest
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
lawn
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From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
loud
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From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
made
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
moment
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From this reading A moment later the voice of Alf resounded through the house, crying, "The robins have come!"
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
nearly
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
orchard
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From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
piazza
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
pretty
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
quarter-grown
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From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
red
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
resounded
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From this reading A moment later the voice of Alf resounded through the house, crying, "The robins have come!"
robins
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From this reading A moment later the voice of Alf resounded through the house, crying, "The robins have come!"
scene
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From this reading Hastening to the window, she witnessed a scene very strange to her eyes.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hastening to the window, she witnessed a scene very strange to her eyes.
songs
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From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
soon
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
South
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
SPRING'S
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From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
strange
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From this reading Hastening to the window, she witnessed a scene very strange to her eyes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A moment later the voice of Alf resounded through the house, crying, "The robins have come!"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hastening to the window, she witnessed a scene very strange to her eyes.
very
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From this reading Hastening to the window, she witnessed a scene very strange to her eyes.
voice
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From this reading A moment later the voice of Alf resounded through the house, crying, "The robins have come!"
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SPRING'S HARBINGERS Amy was awakened on the following morning by innumerable bird-notes, not songs, but loud calls.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading All over the grass of the lawn and on the ground of the orchard beyond was a countless flock of what seemed to her quarter-grown chickens.
window
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From this reading Hastening to the window, she witnessed a scene very strange to her eyes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
witnessed
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From this reading Hastening to the window, she witnessed a scene very strange to her eyes.
yellow
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From this reading Very soon nearly all the household were on the piazza to greet these latest arrivals from the South; and a pretty scene of life and animation they made, with their yellow bills, jaunty black heads, and brownish red breasts.
