a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading There was the dragon-fly, who buzzed through the air, and there were the dragon-fly's young, who crawled upon the water-plants and ate till they burst.
aliveadjectiveUS /əˈlaɪv/
possessing life
From this reading Summer The whole pond was alive.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
From this reading There was the dragon-fly, who buzzed through the air, and there were the dragon-fly's young, who crawled upon the water-plants and ate till they burst.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading There was the dragon-fly, who buzzed through the air, and there were the dragon-fly's young, who crawled upon the water-plants and ate till they burst.
buzzedverbUS /bʌzd/
past form of “buzz” — make a buzzing sound
From this reading There was the dragon-fly, who buzzed through the air, and there were the dragon-fly's young, who crawled upon the water-plants and ate till they burst.
carpnounUS /kɑːrp/
the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
crawledverbUS /krɔːld/
past form of “crawl” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading There was the dragon-fly, who buzzed through the air, and there were the dragon-fly's young, who crawled upon the water-plants and ate till they burst.
cray-fish
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From this reading There were cray-fish and frogs and newts, pond-snails and fresh-water mussels, water-beetles and daddy-long-legs, whirligigs and ever so many others.
daddy-long-legs
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From this reading There were cray-fish and frogs and newts, pond-snails and fresh-water mussels, water-beetles and daddy-long-legs, whirligigs and ever so many others.
dragon-fly
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From this reading There was the dragon-fly, who buzzed through the air, and there were the dragon-fly's young, who crawled upon the water-plants and ate till they burst.
dragon-fly's
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From this reading There was the dragon-fly, who buzzed through the air, and there were the dragon-fly's young, who crawled upon the water-plants and ate till they burst.
duckverbUS /dʌk/
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
ducklingsnounUS /ˈdʌklɪŋz/
plural of “duckling” — flesh of a young domestic duck
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
eelsnounUS /iːlz/
plural of “eel” — the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
elegantadjectiveUS /ˈeləɡənt/
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
at any time
From this reading There were cray-fish and frogs and newts, pond-snails and fresh-water mussels, water-beetles and daddy-long-legs, whirligigs and ever so many others.
fresh-water
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From this reading There were cray-fish and frogs and newts, pond-snails and fresh-water mussels, water-beetles and daddy-long-legs, whirligigs and ever so many others.
frogsnounUS /frɑːɡz/
plural of “frog” — any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading There were cray-fish and frogs and newts, pond-snails and fresh-water mussels, water-beetles and daddy-long-legs, whirligigs and ever so many others.
glidedverbUS /ˈɡlaɪdɪd/
past form of “glide” — move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
horridadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːrəd/
exceedingly bad
From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
mannerlyadjective
socially correct in behavior
From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading There were cray-fish and frogs and newts, pond-snails and fresh-water mussels, water-beetles and daddy-long-legs, whirligigs and ever so many others.
musselsnounUS /ˈmʌsəlz/
plural of “mussel” — black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine
From this reading There were cray-fish and frogs and newts, pond-snails and fresh-water mussels, water-beetles and daddy-long-legs, whirligigs and ever so many others.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
newtsnounUS /nuːts/
plural of “newt” — small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
From this reading There were cray-fish and frogs and newts, pond-snails and fresh-water mussels, water-beetles and daddy-long-legs, whirligigs and ever so many others.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
and nothing more
From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
others
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From this reading There were cray-fish and frogs and newts, pond-snails and fresh-water mussels, water-beetles and daddy-long-legs, whirligigs and ever so many others.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
perchnounUS /pɜːrtʃ/
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
pikesnounUS /paɪks/
plural of “pike” — a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
pondnounUS /pɑːnd/
a small lake
From this reading Summer The whole pond was alive.
pond-snails
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From this reading There were cray-fish and frogs and newts, pond-snails and fresh-water mussels, water-beetles and daddy-long-legs, whirligigs and ever so many others.
quacked
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From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
roachnounUS /roʊtʃ/
a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
rustlingnounUS /ˈrʌslɪŋ/
the stealing of cattle
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There were cray-fish and frogs and newts, pond-snails and fresh-water mussels, water-beetles and daddy-long-legs, whirligigs and ever so many others.
statelyadjectiveUS /ˈsteɪtli/
impressive in appearance
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
sticklebacks
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From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading Summer The whole pond was alive.
swanverbUS /swɑːn/
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Summer The whole pond was alive.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was the dragon-fly, who buzzed through the air, and there were the dragon-fly's young, who crawled upon the water-plants and ate till they burst.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading There was the dragon-fly, who buzzed through the air, and there were the dragon-fly's young, who crawled upon the water-plants and ate till they burst.
up to a particular time
From this reading There was the dragon-fly, who buzzed through the air, and there were the dragon-fly's young, who crawled upon the water-plants and ate till they burst.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There was the dragon-fly, who buzzed through the air, and there were the dragon-fly's young, who crawled upon the water-plants and ate till they burst.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Summer The whole pond was alive.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
water-beetles
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From this reading There were cray-fish and frogs and newts, pond-snails and fresh-water mussels, water-beetles and daddy-long-legs, whirligigs and ever so many others.
water-plants
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From this reading There was the dragon-fly, who buzzed through the air, and there were the dragon-fly's young, who crawled upon the water-plants and ate till they burst.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels.
whirligigs
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From this reading There were cray-fish and frogs and newts, pond-snails and fresh-water mussels, water-beetles and daddy-long-legs, whirligigs and ever so many others.
which person or people
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Summer The whole pond was alive.
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was the duck, who quacked at her ducklings, and the swan, who glided over the water with bent neck and rustling wings, stately and elegant.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading There was the dragon-fly, who buzzed through the air, and there were the dragon-fly's young, who crawled upon the water-plants and ate till they burst.
