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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 There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
all
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From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
almost
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From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
apple-trees
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From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
arms
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
attention
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From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
bar
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
begin
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
Byrdsville
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
caught
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From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
cities
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From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
city
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From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
close
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
comes
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From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
completely
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
consider
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
corner
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
court-house
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
crooked
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
distract
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From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do such things happen every spring, or is it just something that has unblinded my eyes?
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
door
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
earth
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From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Do such things happen every spring, or is it just something that has unblinded my eyes?
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
eyes
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From this reading Do such things happen every spring, or is it just something that has unblinded my eyes?
fence
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
finding
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
gnarly
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
grows
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
habit
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From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
happen
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From this reading Do such things happen every spring, or is it just something that has unblinded my eyes?
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Do such things happen every spring, or is it just something that has unblinded my eyes?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
hue
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From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Do such things happen every spring, or is it just something that has unblinded my eyes?
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
Judge
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
just
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From this reading Do such things happen every spring, or is it just something that has unblinded my eyes?
kind
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
live
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From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
Luttrell's
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
Maybe
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From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
miracle
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From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
much
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From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Do such things happen every spring, or is it just something that has unblinded my eyes?
new
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
old
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
other
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
out
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
path
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
post
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
Public
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
really
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From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
rosy
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From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
Roxanne
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From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
side
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Do such things happen every spring, or is it just something that has unblinded my eyes?
spare
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
spreading
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From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
spring
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From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
Square
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
stop
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
stretching
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Do such things happen every spring, or is it just something that has unblinded my eyes?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
There
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
things
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From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
three
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
too
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From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
town
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
tree
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
trying
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
unblinded
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From this reading Do such things happen every spring, or is it just something that has unblinded my eyes?
up
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
various
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From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
week
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From this reading Maybe I have really caught that rosy hue habit from Roxanne; but the apple-trees this week have been almost too much for me.
welcome
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
wouldn't
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From this reading There are great, gnarly, old apple-trees in every spare corner of Byrdsville, where you wouldn't even expect a tree to be; and ever since I have been in this town I have been finding a new one stretching out its crooked old arms to me as if to welcome me or bar my path.
yard
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From this reading There is one that grows half in and half out of Judge Luttrell's yard, so the fence has to consider it a kind of post and stop at it to begin again on the other side, while three of them are trying to completely close up the door of the court-house on the Public Square.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When you live in the city, or various cities, as I have done, you have various things that distract your attention from the miracle that is spreading all over the earth when the spring comes.
