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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 None the less, his greeting was a brotherly reproof.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
Ardea
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From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
arms
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From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
beautiful
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From this reading But now he saw that she was very beautiful.
beds
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From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
boyhood
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From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
brotherly
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From this reading None the less, his greeting was a brotherly reproof.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But now he saw that she was very beautiful.
coming
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From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
days
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From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
deep
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From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
down
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From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
dry
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From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
forest
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From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
forgot
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From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
full
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From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
girl
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From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
greeting
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From this reading None the less, his greeting was a brotherly reproof.
grown
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From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
hollows
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From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
holly
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From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
keen
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From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
leaves
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From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
less
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From this reading None the less, his greeting was a brotherly reproof.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
looking
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From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
met
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From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
moment
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From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
mountain
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From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
NonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading None the less, his greeting was a brotherly reproof.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
now
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From this reading But now he saw that she was very beautiful.
occurred
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From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
other
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From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
pleasure
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From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
plunging
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From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
reproof
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From this reading None the less, his greeting was a brotherly reproof.
saw
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From this reading But now he saw that she was very beautiful.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
side
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From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
somewhat
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From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
sooner
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From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But now he saw that she was very beautiful.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It had not occurred to him sooner to think of her as other than the girl of his boyhood days, grown somewhat, as he himself had grown.
troubles
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From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
upward
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From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
very
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From this reading But now he saw that she was very beautiful.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
winter-stripped
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From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was coming down with her arms full of holly, and for the moment he forgot his troubles in the keen pleasure of looking at her.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading He was deep within the winter-stripped forest on the mountain side, plunging upward through the beds of dry leaves in the little hollows, when he met Ardea.
