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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 little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
account
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From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
activity
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From this reading All nature is full of life and activity.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The low shoe and the low hum of the bumble-bee are again with us.
All
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From this reading All nature is full of life and activity.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The low shoe and the low hum of the bumble-bee are again with us.
bank
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From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
bonnet
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From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
bumble-bee
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crosses
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From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Who does not love spring, the most joyful season of the year?
earth's
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From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
father
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fatigued
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From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
forth
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From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
full
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From this reading All nature is full of life and activity.
goes
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From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
heats
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From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
hornet
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From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
hum
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From this reading The low shoe and the low hum of the bumble-bee are again with us.
husband
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From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
joyful
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lamp
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From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All nature is full of life and activity.
linen
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From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
love
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From this reading Who does not love spring, the most joyful season of the year?
low
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From this reading The low shoe and the low hum of the bumble-bee are again with us.
makes
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man
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From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
most
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nature
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From this reading All nature is full of life and activity.
nose
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From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Who does not love spring, the most joyful season of the year?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Who does not love spring, the most joyful season of the year?
orbit
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From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
pantaloons
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From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
searching
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From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
season
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From this reading Who does not love spring, the most joyful season of the year?
shoe
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From this reading The low shoe and the low hum of the bumble-bee are again with us.
spirit
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From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
spring
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From this reading Who does not love spring, the most joyful season of the year?
striped
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From this reading The little striped hornet heats his nose with a spirit lamp and goes forth searching for the man with the linen pantaloons.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Who does not love spring, the most joyful season of the year?
then
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From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The low shoe and the low hum of the bumble-bee are again with us.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Who does not love spring, the most joyful season of the year?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The low shoe and the low hum of the bumble-bee are again with us.
workaday
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From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
world
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From this reading It is then that the spring bonnet of the workaday world crosses the earth's orbit and makes the bank account of the husband and father look fatigued.
year
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From this reading Who does not love spring, the most joyful season of the year?