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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 next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
airs
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
ambition
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From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
band
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
bass
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From this reading Penrod marked the shapes of the great bass horns, the suave sculpture of their brazen coils, and the grand, sensational flare of their mouths.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
blown
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From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
braid
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
brass
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
brazen
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From this reading Penrod marked the shapes of the great bass horns, the suave sculpture of their brazen coils, and the grand, sensational flare of their mouths.
breath
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From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
came
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
coils
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From this reading Penrod marked the shapes of the great bass horns, the suave sculpture of their brazen coils, and the grand, sensational flare of their mouths.
corner
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
day
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From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
down
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
dulcet
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From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
entered
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From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
few
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From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
fingering
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From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
fire
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
flare
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From this reading Penrod marked the shapes of the great bass horns, the suave sculpture of their brazen coils, and the grand, sensational flare of their mouths.
flourish
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From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
forth
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From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
funeral
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
gave
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From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
gold
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
gracefully
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
grand
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From this reading Penrod marked the shapes of the great bass horns, the suave sculpture of their brazen coils, and the grand, sensational flare of their mouths.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
heralded
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From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
home
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
horns
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From this reading Penrod marked the shapes of the great bass horns, the suave sculpture of their brazen coils, and the grand, sensational flare of their mouths.
instruments
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
keys
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From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
listen
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
marked
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From this reading Penrod marked the shapes of the great bass horns, the suave sculpture of their brazen coils, and the grand, sensational flare of their mouths.
mastered
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From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
medley
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
Merry
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
more
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From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
mouths
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From this reading Penrod marked the shapes of the great bass horns, the suave sculpture of their brazen coils, and the grand, sensational flare of their mouths.
musicians
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
needed
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From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
new
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From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
noble
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From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
noise
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From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
obediently
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From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
other
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From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
out
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
paused
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
Penrod
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From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
picked
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
plainlynounUS /ˈplainly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
playing
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
polished
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
returning
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
saw
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From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
Schofield
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From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
sculpture
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From this reading Penrod marked the shapes of the great bass horns, the suave sculpture of their brazen coils, and the grand, sensational flare of their mouths.
sensational
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From this reading Penrod marked the shapes of the great bass horns, the suave sculpture of their brazen coils, and the grand, sensational flare of their mouths.
set
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From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
shapes
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From this reading Penrod marked the shapes of the great bass horns, the suave sculpture of their brazen coils, and the grand, sensational flare of their mouths.
simple
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From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
some
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From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
sounds
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From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
spirit
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From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
splashed
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
stir
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From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
stirred
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From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
street
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
suave
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From this reading Penrod marked the shapes of the great bass horns, the suave sculpture of their brazen coils, and the grand, sensational flare of their mouths.
sun
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
Sunday-school
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
Then
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From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
things
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From this reading And he saw plainly that these noble things, to be mastered, needed no more than some breath blown into them during the fingering of a few simple keys.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
trumpets
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From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
uniforms
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
up
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From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
vast
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From this reading Then obediently they gave forth those vast but dulcet sounds which stirred his spirit as no other sounds could stir it quite.
walking
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
way
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
Widow
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From this reading On his way home from Sunday-school he had paused at a corner to listen to a brass band, which was returning from a funeral, playing a medley of airs from “The Merry Widow,” and as the musicians came down the street, walking so gracefully, the sun picked out the gold braid upon their uniforms and splashed fire from their polished instruments.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading The next day a new ambition entered into Penrod Schofield; it was heralded by a flourish of trumpets and set up a great noise within his being.
