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abroad
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From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
air
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From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The lights of the town flashed and glimmered down the streets under the bare swaying maple branches.
appeal
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From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
away
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
bare
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From this reading The lights of the town flashed and glimmered down the streets under the bare swaying maple branches.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
bluster
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From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
branches
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From this reading The lights of the town flashed and glimmered down the streets under the bare swaying maple branches.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He walked to his house, courting it, troubled by it.
call
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
caught
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From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
close
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
conscious
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From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
courting
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From this reading He walked to his house, courting it, troubled by it.
days
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
deposited
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
down
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From this reading The lights of the town flashed and glimmered down the streets under the bare swaying maple branches.
early
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From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
Elgin
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
evening
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From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
February
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
Finlay
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
flashed
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From this reading The lights of the town flashed and glimmered down the streets under the bare swaying maple branches.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
full
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From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
glimmered
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From this reading The lights of the town flashed and glimmered down the streets under the bare swaying maple branches.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He walked to his house, courting it, troubled by it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
house
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From this reading He walked to his house, courting it, troubled by it.
Hugh
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
late
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
lights
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From this reading The lights of the town flashed and glimmered down the streets under the bare swaying maple branches.
man
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From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
maple
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From this reading The lights of the town flashed and glimmered down the streets under the bare swaying maple branches.
nature
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From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
platform
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
poignant
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From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
soft
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From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
spirit
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From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
spring
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
strange
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From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
streets
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From this reading The lights of the town flashed and glimmered down the streets under the bare swaying maple branches.
swaying
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From this reading The lights of the town flashed and glimmered down the streets under the bare swaying maple branches.
sympathy
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From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
town
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From this reading The lights of the town flashed and glimmered down the streets under the bare swaying maple branches.
train
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
troubled
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From this reading He walked to his house, courting it, troubled by it.
uncertain
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The lights of the town flashed and glimmered down the streets under the bare swaying maple branches.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
vague
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From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
walked
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From this reading He walked to his house, courting it, troubled by it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
weeks
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
West
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
wet
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
wide
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From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was late afternoon when the train from the West deposited Hugh Finlay upon the Elgin platform, the close of one of those wide, wet, uncertain February days when the call of spring is on the wind though spring is weeks away.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The early evening was full of soft bluster; the air was conscious with an appeal of nature, vague yet poignant.
young
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From this reading The young man caught at the strange sympathy that seemed to be abroad for his spirit.
