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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 Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
all
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From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Dark-green sedgy cane grew thick around half the margin.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
BehindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
birds
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
broadened
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
cane
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From this reading Dark-green sedgy cane grew thick around half the margin.
captive
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From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
corner
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
Dark-green
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From this reading Dark-green sedgy cane grew thick around half the margin.
day
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From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
days
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
down
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
early
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
Falconer
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From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
far-sweeping
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From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
feeding-grounds
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
flights
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
floated
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From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
freedom
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From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
grew
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From this reading Dark-green sedgy cane grew thick around half the margin.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dark-green sedgy cane grew thick around half the margin.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
heaven
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From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
hill
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
home
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
house
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
instincts
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From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
lakes
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
light
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From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
lone-wandering
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From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
lower
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
Major
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From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
March
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From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
margin
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From this reading Dark-green sedgy cane grew thick around half the margin.
near
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
Northern
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
out
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
pioneer
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
places
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
pond
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
ponds
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
restingnounUS /ˈresting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
rifle
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From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
rivers
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
seasons
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From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
sedgy
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From this reading Dark-green sedgy cane grew thick around half the margin.
served
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
sky
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From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
sloping
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
small
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
some
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From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
sought
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
Southern
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
spring
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
swan
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From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
there
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
thick
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From this reading Dark-green sedgy cane grew thick around half the margin.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
throbbing
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From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
turquoise
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From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
unabated
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From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
unnumbered
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
water
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
waters
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From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
wide
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From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading In those early days the rivers and ponds of the wilderness served as resting places and feeding-grounds for these unnumbered birds in their long flights between the Southern waters and the Northern lakes.
wing
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From this reading A wing of this one had been broken, and out of her wide heaven of freedom and light she had floated down his captive but with all her far-sweeping instincts throbbing on unabated.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
yard
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From this reading Behind the house, at the foot of the sloping hill, there was a spring such as every pioneer sought to have near his home; and a little lower down, in one corner of the yard, the water from this had broadened out into a small pond.
young
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From this reading One March day some seasons before, Major Falconer had brought down with his rifle from out the turquoise sky a young lone-wandering swan.
