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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 Nyborg itself appears a lively capital in comparison with the still melancholy Korsöer.
abundance
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From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
affluent
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From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
animating
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
appears
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From this reading Nyborg itself appears a lively capital in comparison with the still melancholy Korsöer.
aspect
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From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
boats
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
bridge
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
broad
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
capital
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From this reading Nyborg itself appears a lively capital in comparison with the still melancholy Korsöer.
churches
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From this reading Green woods, rich corn-fields, and, wherever the eye rests, noblemen’s seats and churches.
comes
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
comparison
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From this reading Nyborg itself appears a lively capital in comparison with the still melancholy Korsöer.
corn-fields
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From this reading Green woods, rich corn-fields, and, wherever the eye rests, noblemen’s seats and churches.
Denmark
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From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
doubly
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From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
especially
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
excellent
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
eye
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From this reading Green woods, rich corn-fields, and, wherever the eye rests, noblemen’s seats and churches.
eyes
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From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
forth
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From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
Funen
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From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
Fünen
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From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
garden
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From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
glads
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From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
Green
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From this reading Green woods, rich corn-fields, and, wherever the eye rests, noblemen’s seats and churches.
hears
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
high
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
houses
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
inn
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Nyborg itself appears a lively capital in comparison with the still melancholy Korsöer.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
Korsöer
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From this reading Nyborg itself appears a lively capital in comparison with the still melancholy Korsöer.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
lies
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From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
lively
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From this reading Nyborg itself appears a lively capital in comparison with the still melancholy Korsöer.
luxuriance
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From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
melancholy
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From this reading Nyborg itself appears a lively capital in comparison with the still melancholy Korsöer.
much
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From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
music
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
nakedness
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From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
noblemen's
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From this reading Green woods, rich corn-fields, and, wherever the eye rests, noblemen’s seats and churches.
now
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From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
Nyborg
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From this reading Nyborg itself appears a lively capital in comparison with the still melancholy Korsöer.
occasions
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From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
people
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
perceives
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
presents
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From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
ramparts
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
rests
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From this reading Green woods, rich corn-fields, and, wherever the eye rests, noblemen’s seats and churches.
rich
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From this reading Green woods, rich corn-fields, and, wherever the eye rests, noblemen’s seats and churches.
seats
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From this reading Green woods, rich corn-fields, and, wherever the eye rests, noblemen’s seats and churches.
See
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From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
sees
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
signifieth
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From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
soldiers
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
steps
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From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nyborg itself appears a lively capital in comparison with the still melancholy Korsöer.
streets
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From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading One now perceives people upon the great bridge of boats, on the ramparts, and in the broad streets with their high houses; one sees soldiers, hears music, and, what is especially animating upon a journey, one comes to an excellent inn.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
whereverconjunctionUS /weˈrevər/
in or to any place at all
From this reading Green woods, rich corn-fields, and, wherever the eye rests, noblemen’s seats and churches.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
woods
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From this reading Green woods, rich corn-fields, and, wherever the eye rests, noblemen’s seats and churches.
word
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From this reading “See now, Fünen signifieth _fine_, And much in that word lies; For Fünen is the garden fine, Where Denmark glads its eyes.”
Zealand
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From this reading The nakedness which the last aspect of Zealand presents occasions one to be doubly struck by the affluent abundance and luxuriance with which Funen steps forth.
