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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 Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Distant mountain ranges stood white-capped and purple against sapphire skies.
alder
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
all
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
back
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
birds
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From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
came
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
catkins
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
cherry
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
Cove
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
dainty
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
daybreak
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From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
days
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From this reading The days were growing warm, full of sunshine.
delicate
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
DistantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading Distant mountain ranges stood white-capped and purple against sapphire skies.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
foliage
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
foreshore
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
full
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
fuzzy
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
green
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
growing
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From this reading The days were growing warm, full of sunshine.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
Hostilities
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
Jack
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From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
MacRae
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making
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
maple
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
mating
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From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
mountain
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From this reading Distant mountain ranges stood white-capped and purple against sapphire skies.
muted
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From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
orchestration
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From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
out
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
purple
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From this reading Distant mountain ranges stood white-capped and purple against sapphire skies.
pussy
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
put
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
ranges
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From this reading Distant mountain ranges stood white-capped and purple against sapphire skies.
Renewal
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
sapphire
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From this reading Distant mountain ranges stood white-capped and purple against sapphire skies.
shed
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
shrubs
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
skies
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From this reading Distant mountain ranges stood white-capped and purple against sapphire skies.
smells
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
song
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From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
spring-budding
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
Squitty
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Distant mountain ranges stood white-capped and purple against sapphire skies.
sunshine
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From this reading The days were growing warm, full of sunshine.
sweet-voiced
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From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
thicketnounUS /ˈθɪkɪt/
a dense group of bushes or small trees
From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
thousand
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From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
trees
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
unseen
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From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
wakened
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From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
warblers
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From this reading Jack wakened the first morning at daybreak to the muted orchestration of mating birds, the song of a thousand sweet-voiced, unseen warblers.
warm
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From this reading The days were growing warm, full of sunshine.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
white-capped
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From this reading Distant mountain ranges stood white-capped and purple against sapphire skies.
wild
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From this reading The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells.
willows
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From this reading A Renewal of Hostilities The pussy willows had put out their fuzzy catkins and shed them for delicate foliage when MacRae came back to Squitty Cove.
