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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 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
All
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From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
bade
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From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
baser
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From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
bedroom
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From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
called
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From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
citizens
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From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
comfort
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From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
commonly
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From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
cottage
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From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
dawned
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
dew
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
emeraldnounUS /ˈemərəld/
a bright green precious stone
From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
far
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From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
fareverbUS /fer/
to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
freshness
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
Green
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From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
humble
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From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
I'm
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From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
invited
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From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
Irish
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From this reading Old Irish Song.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
just
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
leaf
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
lettuce
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
like
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
lone
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From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
longer
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From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
lovely
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
made
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From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
maidennoun, literaryUS /ˈmeɪdən/
a young woman who is not married
From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
moan
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From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
offered
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From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
Old
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From this reading Old Irish Song.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
out
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
own
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From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
Paradise
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
pleasantly
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From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
share
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From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
sheen
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
Sighing
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From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
slipped
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
Song
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From this reading Old Irish Song.
sort
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From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
St
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From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
Stephen's
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From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
Stephens's
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From this reading The windows of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's Green.
stranger
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From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
wander'd
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From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
washed
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We invited her in, We offered her share Of our humble cottage And our humble fare; We bade her take comfort, No longer to moan, And made the poor stranger Be one of our own.'
wearied
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From this reading 'A fair maiden wander'd All wearied and lone, Sighing, “I'm a poor stranger, And far from my own.”
windows
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
world
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From this reading The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew.
