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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 All nature seemed to be resting in a quiet dreamy slumber.
All
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From this reading All nature seemed to be resting in a quiet dreamy slumber.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading All nature seemed to be resting in a quiet dreamy slumber.
bee
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading All these were but the harbingers of the cold storms that were lingering behind the snow-covered mountains of the north.
birds
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading All these were but the harbingers of the cold storms that were lingering behind the snow-covered mountains of the north.
Christian
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From this reading Indian summer, the season of romance, like the life of a humble Christian, leaves its loveliest scenes to its departing hours.
climes
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
cold
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From this reading All these were but the harbingers of the cold storms that were lingering behind the snow-covered mountains of the north.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _THE MISSIONARY._ “The melancholy days had come, The saddest of the year.”
days
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From this reading _THE MISSIONARY._ “The melancholy days had come, The saddest of the year.”
departing
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From this reading Indian summer, the season of romance, like the life of a humble Christian, leaves its loveliest scenes to its departing hours.
dreamy
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From this reading All nature seemed to be resting in a quiet dreamy slumber.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
genial
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _THE MISSIONARY._ “The melancholy days had come, The saddest of the year.”
harbingers
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From this reading All these were but the harbingers of the cold storms that were lingering behind the snow-covered mountains of the north.
hours
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From this reading Indian summer, the season of romance, like the life of a humble Christian, leaves its loveliest scenes to its departing hours.
humble
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From this reading Indian summer, the season of romance, like the life of a humble Christian, leaves its loveliest scenes to its departing hours.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All nature seemed to be resting in a quiet dreamy slumber.
Indian
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From this reading Indian summer, the season of romance, like the life of a humble Christian, leaves its loveliest scenes to its departing hours.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
laid
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
leave
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
leaves
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From this reading Indian summer, the season of romance, like the life of a humble Christian, leaves its loveliest scenes to its departing hours.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Indian summer, the season of romance, like the life of a humble Christian, leaves its loveliest scenes to its departing hours.
like
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From this reading Indian summer, the season of romance, like the life of a humble Christian, leaves its loveliest scenes to its departing hours.
lingering
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From this reading All these were but the harbingers of the cold storms that were lingering behind the snow-covered mountains of the north.
loveliest
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From this reading Indian summer, the season of romance, like the life of a humble Christian, leaves its loveliest scenes to its departing hours.
many
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
melancholy
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From this reading _THE MISSIONARY._ “The melancholy days had come, The saddest of the year.”
MISSIONARY
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From this reading _THE MISSIONARY._ “The melancholy days had come, The saddest of the year.”
more
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
mountains
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From this reading All these were but the harbingers of the cold storms that were lingering behind the snow-covered mountains of the north.
nature
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From this reading All nature seemed to be resting in a quiet dreamy slumber.
nigh
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
north
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From this reading All these were but the harbingers of the cold storms that were lingering behind the snow-covered mountains of the north.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _THE MISSIONARY._ “The melancholy days had come, The saddest of the year.”
preparing
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
quiet
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From this reading All nature seemed to be resting in a quiet dreamy slumber.
restingnounUS /ˈresting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All nature seemed to be resting in a quiet dreamy slumber.
romance
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From this reading Indian summer, the season of romance, like the life of a humble Christian, leaves its loveliest scenes to its departing hours.
saddest
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From this reading _THE MISSIONARY._ “The melancholy days had come, The saddest of the year.”
scenes
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From this reading Indian summer, the season of romance, like the life of a humble Christian, leaves its loveliest scenes to its departing hours.
season
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From this reading Indian summer, the season of romance, like the life of a humble Christian, leaves its loveliest scenes to its departing hours.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All nature seemed to be resting in a quiet dreamy slumber.
slumber
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From this reading All nature seemed to be resting in a quiet dreamy slumber.
snow-covered
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From this reading All these were but the harbingers of the cold storms that were lingering behind the snow-covered mountains of the north.
south
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
store
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
storms
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From this reading All these were but the harbingers of the cold storms that were lingering behind the snow-covered mountains of the north.
summer
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From this reading Indian summer, the season of romance, like the life of a humble Christian, leaves its loveliest scenes to its departing hours.
sunny
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All these were but the harbingers of the cold storms that were lingering behind the snow-covered mountains of the north.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _THE MISSIONARY._ “The melancholy days had come, The saddest of the year.”
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading All these were but the harbingers of the cold storms that were lingering behind the snow-covered mountains of the north.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All nature seemed to be resting in a quiet dreamy slumber.
up
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
well
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
winter
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From this reading The bee had well nigh laid up its winter store, and many of the birds were preparing to leave for more genial climes in the sunny south.
year
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From this reading _THE MISSIONARY._ “The melancholy days had come, The saddest of the year.”
