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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 A SPRING CHAPTER.
age
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From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
bound
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From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
call
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From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
called
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From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
change
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From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
CHAPTER
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From this reading A SPRING CHAPTER.
day
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From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
especially
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From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
fact
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From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
far
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From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
find
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From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
following
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From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
hour
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From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
indulge
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From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
lingering
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From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
lovely
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From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
More
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From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
motion
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From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
movement
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From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
now
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From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
old
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From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
other
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From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
out
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From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
Parish
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From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
pass
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From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
people
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From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
preciousadjectiveUS /ˈpreʃəs/
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
primrose
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From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
reader
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From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
Seaboard
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From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
seasons
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From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
see
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From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
SPRING
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From this reading A SPRING CHAPTER.
story
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From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
summer
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From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
sweet
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From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
tale
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From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
things
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From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading More especially now in my old age, I find myself “to a lingering motion bound.”
two
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From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was out one day amongst my people, and I found two precious things: one, a lovely little fact, the other a lovely little primrose.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
why
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From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading This may not be, but I will indulge myself now so far as to call this a spring chapter, and so pass to the summer, when my reader will see why I have called my story “The Seaboard Parish.”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
year
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From this reading I would, if I might, tell a tale day by day, hour by hour, following the movement of the year in its sweet change of seasons.
