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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 Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Then he paused, and leaned up against some pasture bars and looked around him.
all
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From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Then he paused, and leaned up against some pasture bars and looked around him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
autumn
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From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
Barnabas
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From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
bars
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From this reading Then he paused, and leaned up against some pasture bars and looked around him.
cadence
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From this reading They were in their humble way the voices of the unseen, and as he listened they seemed to take on a rhythmic cadence.
calls
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From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
came
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From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
certain
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From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
cherry
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From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
direction
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From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
early
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From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
element
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From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
evening
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From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
flood-tide
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From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
four
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From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he paused, and leaned up against some pasture bars and looked around him.
hidden
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From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then he paused, and leaned up against some pasture bars and looked around him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
house
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From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
humble
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From this reading They were in their humble way the voices of the unseen, and as he listened they seemed to take on a rhythmic cadence.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
insects
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From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
leaned
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From this reading Then he paused, and leaned up against some pasture bars and looked around him.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
listened
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From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he paused, and leaned up against some pasture bars and looked around him.
months
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From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
mystery
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From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
only
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From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
out
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From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
pasture
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From this reading Then he paused, and leaned up against some pasture bars and looked around him.
paused
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From this reading Then he paused, and leaned up against some pasture bars and looked around him.
reach
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From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
rhythmic
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From this reading They were in their humble way the voices of the unseen, and as he listened they seemed to take on a rhythmic cadence.
road
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From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were in their humble way the voices of the unseen, and as he listened they seemed to take on a rhythmic cadence.
sense
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From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
sight
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From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
slowly
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From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
some
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From this reading Then he paused, and leaned up against some pasture bars and looked around him.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
strolled
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From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
Sunday
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From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were in their humble way the voices of the unseen, and as he listened they seemed to take on a rhythmic cadence.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
Thayer
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From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One Sunday evening, about four months after the cherry party, Barnabas Thayer came out of his house and strolled slowly across the road.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
Then
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From this reading Then he paused, and leaned up against some pasture bars and looked around him.
There
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From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were in their humble way the voices of the unseen, and as he listened they seemed to take on a rhythmic cadence.
things
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From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
unseen
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From this reading They were in their humble way the voices of the unseen, and as he listened they seemed to take on a rhythmic cadence.
up
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From this reading Then he paused, and leaned up against some pasture bars and looked around him.
very
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From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
vibrating
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From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
voices
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From this reading They were in their humble way the voices of the unseen, and as he listened they seemed to take on a rhythmic cadence.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was nobody in sight on the road in either direction, and everything was very still, except for the vibrating calls of the hidden insects that come to their flood-tide of life in early autumn.
way
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From this reading They were in their humble way the voices of the unseen, and as he listened they seemed to take on a rhythmic cadence.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were in their humble way the voices of the unseen, and as he listened they seemed to take on a rhythmic cadence.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Barnabas listened to those calls, which had in them a certain element of mystery, as have all things which reach only one sense.
