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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 You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
Also
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From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
astride
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From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
back
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
big
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From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
changes
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
child
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From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
childhood
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From this reading That childhood incident was merely a trailing cloud of glory, as Wordsworth puts it.
cloud
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From this reading That childhood incident was merely a trailing cloud of glory, as Wordsworth puts it.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not in entire forgetfulness had I, little Darrell Standing, come into the world.
consciousness
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From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
Darrell
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From this reading Not in entire forgetfulness had I, little Darrell Standing, come into the world.
described
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From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
entire
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From this reading Not in entire forgetfulness had I, little Darrell Standing, come into the world.
faded
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From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
failed
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From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
far
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
farm
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
forgetfulness
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From this reading Not in entire forgetfulness had I, little Darrell Standing, come into the world.
glimmered
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From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
glory
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From this reading That childhood incident was merely a trailing cloud of glory, as Wordsworth puts it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
healing
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From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
Holy
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
horse
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From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
how
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
incident
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From this reading That childhood incident was merely a trailing cloud of glory, as Wordsworth puts it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Not in entire forgetfulness had I, little Darrell Standing, come into the world.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That childhood incident was merely a trailing cloud of glory, as Wordsworth puts it.
lad
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
Land
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
lepers
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From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
looking
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From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
man
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From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
merely
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From this reading That childhood incident was merely a trailing cloud of glory, as Wordsworth puts it.
Minnesota
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
missionary
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From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
narrative
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not in entire forgetfulness had I, little Darrell Standing, come into the world.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
other
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From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
out
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
photographs
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
places
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
pointed
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
puts
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From this reading That childhood incident was merely a trailing cloud of glory, as Wordsworth puts it.
reader
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
recognized
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From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
scene
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From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
soon
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From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
StandingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Not in entire forgetfulness had I, little Darrell Standing, come into the world.
surface
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From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
sword
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From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
times
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From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
trailing
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From this reading That childhood incident was merely a trailing cloud of glory, as Wordsworth puts it.
up
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From this reading But those memories of other times and places that glimmered up to the surface of my child consciousness soon failed and faded.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
witnessed
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From this reading Also you will remember, as I described the scene I had witnessed of the healing of the lepers, I told the missionary that I was a big man with a big sword, astride a horse and looking on.
Wordsworth
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From this reading That childhood incident was merely a trailing cloud of glory, as Wordsworth puts it.
world
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From this reading Not in entire forgetfulness had I, little Darrell Standing, come into the world.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You, my reader, will remember, far back at the beginning of this narrative, how, when a little lad on the Minnesota farm, I looked at the photographs of the Holy Land and recognized places and pointed out changes in places.
