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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 Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
afterwards
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From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
always
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
any
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From this reading Therein the fields are larger and the sky brighter than any we now behold.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Therein the fields are larger and the sky brighter than any we now behold.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
assume
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From this reading Persons, places, and events assume a mystery and importance.
babyhood
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
back
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
behold
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From this reading Therein the fields are larger and the sky brighter than any we now behold.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
brighter
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From this reading Therein the fields are larger and the sky brighter than any we now behold.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
calm
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
childhood
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
clearly
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clings
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From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
cloudy
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
dignity
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
events
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From this reading Persons, places, and events assume a mystery and importance.
father
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From this reading Olive's childhood was passed in the place mentioned by her father.
few
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
fields
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From this reading Therein the fields are larger and the sky brighter than any we now behold.
five
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
glamour
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From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Olive's childhood was passed in the place mentioned by her father.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
importance
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From this reading Persons, places, and events assume a mystery and importance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Olive's childhood was passed in the place mentioned by her father.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
landscape
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
larger
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From this reading Therein the fields are larger and the sky brighter than any we now behold.
like
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
Looking
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
mean
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
men
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From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
mentioned
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From this reading Olive's childhood was passed in the place mentioned by her father.
mystery
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From this reading Persons, places, and events assume a mystery and importance.
named
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From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
now
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From this reading Therein the fields are larger and the sky brighter than any we now behold.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
Olive's
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From this reading Olive's childhood was passed in the place mentioned by her father.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
out
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Olive's childhood was passed in the place mentioned by her father.
Persons
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From this reading Persons, places, and events assume a mystery and importance.
place
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From this reading Olive's childhood was passed in the place mentioned by her father.
places
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From this reading Persons, places, and events assume a mystery and importance.
points
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
saw
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From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
seems
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
seven
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
sky
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From this reading Therein the fields are larger and the sky brighter than any we now behold.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
stand
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
strange
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From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
teens
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Therein the fields are larger and the sky brighter than any we now behold.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
there
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
Therein
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From this reading Therein the fields are larger and the sky brighter than any we now behold.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
trees
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From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
uneventful
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
view
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
walking
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From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Olive's childhood was passed in the place mentioned by her father.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading We never think of them, or hear them named afterwards, but there clings to them something of the strange glamour of the time when “we saw men as trees walking.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
years
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From this reading Looking back on a calm and uneventful childhood--and by childhood we mean the seven years between the babyhood of five and the dignity of “teens,”--it always seems like a cloudy landscape, with a few points of view here and there, which stand out clearly from the rest.
