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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 RESCUE OF A HOME Who remembers when his childhood ceased?
age
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From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As imperceptibly do the seasons blend when one passes and merges into another.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As imperceptibly do the seasons blend when one passes and merges into another.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
autumn
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
beauty
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From this reading The morning that followed the thunder-shower was one of warm, serene beauty.
blend
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From this reading As imperceptibly do the seasons blend when one passes and merges into another.
buoyantadjectiveUS /ˈbɔɪənt/
able to float or rise easily in water
From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
came
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
ceased
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF A HOME Who remembers when his childhood ceased?
childhood
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF A HOME Who remembers when his childhood ceased?
chirp
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
day
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From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
days
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
declinenounUS /dɪˈklaɪn/
a gradual loss of health and strength
From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading As imperceptibly do the seasons blend when one passes and merges into another.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
evidences
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
faced
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far
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
felt
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From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
followed
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From this reading The morning that followed the thunder-shower was one of warm, serene beauty.
foretold
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
groves
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
half-reckless
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From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE RESCUE OF A HOME Who remembers when his childhood ceased?
HOME
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF A HOME Who remembers when his childhood ceased?
hour
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From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
imperceptibly
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From this reading As imperceptibly do the seasons blend when one passes and merges into another.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
insects
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As imperceptibly do the seasons blend when one passes and merges into another.
July
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
June
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
lingering
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
manhood
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From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
merges
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From this reading As imperceptibly do the seasons blend when one passes and merges into another.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The morning that followed the thunder-shower was one of warm, serene beauty.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
night
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE RESCUE OF A HOME Who remembers when his childhood ceased?
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As imperceptibly do the seasons blend when one passes and merges into another.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
passes
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From this reading As imperceptibly do the seasons blend when one passes and merges into another.
recall
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From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
remembers
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF A HOME Who remembers when his childhood ceased?
RESCUE
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF A HOME Who remembers when his childhood ceased?
seasons
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From this reading As imperceptibly do the seasons blend when one passes and merges into another.
serene
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From this reading The morning that followed the thunder-shower was one of warm, serene beauty.
sobering
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From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
spring
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
sultry
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
summer
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
summit
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From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The morning that followed the thunder-shower was one of warm, serene beauty.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RESCUE OF A HOME Who remembers when his childhood ceased?
There
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
thoughtless
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From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
thunder-shower
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From this reading The morning that followed the thunder-shower was one of warm, serene beauty.
touch
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From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
traces
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From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
warm
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From this reading The morning that followed the thunder-shower was one of warm, serene beauty.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The morning that followed the thunder-shower was one of warm, serene beauty.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE RESCUE OF A HOME Who remembers when his childhood ceased?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading THE RESCUE OF A HOME Who remembers when his childhood ceased?
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were traces of summer in May, lingering evidences of spring far into June, and even in sultry July came days in which the wind in the groves and the chirp of insects at night foretold the autumn.
youth
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From this reading Who can name the hour when buoyant, thoughtless, half-reckless youth felt the first sobering touch of manhood, or recall the day when he passed over the summit of his life, and faced the long decline of age?
