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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
air
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From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The call of the spring wind awoke something in him as in Hugh.
awkwardly
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
awoke
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From this reading The call of the spring wind awoke something in him as in Hugh.
beautiful
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
Bidwell
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From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
bringing
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From this reading It came up from the south bringing rain followed by warm fair days.
bushes
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It came up from the south bringing rain followed by warm fair days.
call
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From this reading The call of the spring wind awoke something in him as in Hugh.
came
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From this reading It came up from the south bringing rain followed by warm fair days.
clean-limbed
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
creeks
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
dark
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
darkness
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
days
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From this reading It came up from the south bringing rain followed by warm fair days.
decided
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From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
dimly
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
dreaming
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
evenings
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It came up from the south bringing rain followed by warm fair days.
followed
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From this reading It came up from the south bringing rain followed by warm fair days.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It came up from the south bringing rain followed by warm fair days.
ground
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From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The call of the spring wind awoke something in him as in Hugh.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
hopped
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From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
houses
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From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
Hugh
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From this reading The call of the spring wind awoke something in him as in Hugh.
Hunter
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From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The call of the spring wind awoke something in him as in Hugh.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
lawns
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From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
leap
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
lighted
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
Like
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
native
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From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
new-plowed
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From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The call of the spring wind awoke something in him as in Hugh.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
out
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
physically
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
pregnant
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From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
pull
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
rain
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From this reading It came up from the south bringing rain followed by warm fair days.
residence
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From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
Robins
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From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
south
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From this reading It came up from the south bringing rain followed by warm fair days.
spring
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From this reading The call of the spring wind awoke something in him as in Hugh.
Steve
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From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
streets
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From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
sweet
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From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
sweetness
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From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The call of the spring wind awoke something in him as in Hugh.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
town
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From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
try
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
up
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From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
wake
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From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
walked
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
warm
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From this reading It came up from the south bringing rain followed by warm fair days.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Steve Hunter decided that it was time something was done to wake up his native town.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The call of the spring wind awoke something in him as in Hugh.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Robins hopped about on the lawns before the houses on the residence streets of Bidwell, and the air was again sweet with the pregnant sweetness of new-plowed ground.
young
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From this reading Like Hugh, Steve walked about alone through the dark, dimly lighted residence streets during the spring evenings, but he did not try awkwardly to leap over creeks in the darkness or pull bushes out of the ground, nor did he waste his time dreaming of being physically young, clean-limbed and beautiful.
