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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 MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
alight
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I sometimes seem to hear in the bewildering trumpetings of wild geese a cry of surprise and protest at the ruin of their former paradise.
autumnal
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
badly-harvested
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
begun
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
bewildering
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From this reading I sometimes seem to hear in the bewildering trumpetings of wild geese a cry of surprise and protest at the ruin of their former paradise.
bids
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
boundless
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
Bronson's
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
came
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
CASTS
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
changed
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
Colonel
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From this reading Colonel Woodruff's hired man, Pete, had no such foolish notions, however.
corn-fields
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
corn-land
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
cry
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From this reading I sometimes seem to hear in the bewildering trumpetings of wild geese a cry of surprise and protest at the ruin of their former paradise.
disgusting
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
ducks
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
expanse
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
fable
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
farms
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
favored
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
fearlessly
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
foolish
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From this reading Colonel Woodruff's hired man, Pete, had no such foolish notions, however.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
forefathers
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
former
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From this reading I sometimes seem to hear in the bewildering trumpetings of wild geese a cry of surprise and protest at the ruin of their former paradise.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
geese
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
HALFnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I sometimes seem to hear in the bewildering trumpetings of wild geese a cry of surprise and protest at the ruin of their former paradise.
high
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
hired
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From this reading Colonel Woodruff's hired man, Pete, had no such foolish notions, however.
honked
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
honkers
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Colonel Woodruff's hired man, Pete, had no such foolish notions, however.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I sometimes seem to hear in the bewildering trumpetings of wild geese a cry of surprise and protest at the ruin of their former paradise.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
lamb
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
like
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
lion
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
lives
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
looking
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
man
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From this reading Colonel Woodruff's hired man, Pete, had no such foolish notions, however.
March
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
MINOR
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Colonel Woodruff's hired man, Pete, had no such foolish notions, however.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
notions
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From this reading Colonel Woodruff's hired man, Pete, had no such foolish notions, however.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
old
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
paradise
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From this reading I sometimes seem to hear in the bewildering trumpetings of wild geese a cry of surprise and protest at the ruin of their former paradise.
Pete
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From this reading Colonel Woodruff's hired man, Pete, had no such foolish notions, however.
phase
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
prairie
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
prairies
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
protest
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From this reading I sometimes seem to hear in the bewildering trumpetings of wild geese a cry of surprise and protest at the ruin of their former paradise.
ruin
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From this reading I sometimes seem to hear in the bewildering trumpetings of wild geese a cry of surprise and protest at the ruin of their former paradise.
scarcely
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
scorenounUS /score/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
seem
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From this reading I sometimes seem to hear in the bewildering trumpetings of wild geese a cry of surprise and protest at the ruin of their former paradise.
seen
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
sky
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
Slew
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
some
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
sometimes
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From this reading I sometimes seem to hear in the bewildering trumpetings of wild geese a cry of surprise and protest at the ruin of their former paradise.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Colonel Woodruff's hired man, Pete, had no such foolish notions, however.
surprise
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From this reading I sometimes seem to hear in the bewildering trumpetings of wild geese a cry of surprise and protest at the ruin of their former paradise.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
too
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
transformation
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
trumpetings
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From this reading I sometimes seem to hear in the bewildering trumpetings of wild geese a cry of surprise and protest at the ruin of their former paradise.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
venerable
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
vernal
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From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
VOTE
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
water
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
week
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
wild
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From this reading A MINOR CASTS HALF A VOTE March came in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score the sky above Bronson's Slew looking for open water and badly-harvested corn-fields.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading If geese are favored with the long lives in which fable bids us believe, some of these venerable honkers must have seen every vernal and autumnal phase of the transformation from boundless prairie to boundless corn-land.
wonder
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
wont
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From this reading Wild geese, too, honked from on high as if in wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly to alight had been changed into a disgusting expanse of farms.
Woodruff's
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From this reading Colonel Woodruff's hired man, Pete, had no such foolish notions, however.
