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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 Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
Academic
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air
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
Alcott
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
architect
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
asking
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From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
bare
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
barracks
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
bitter
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
blossoms
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bread
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From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
Building
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
buildings
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
College
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From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
come
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county
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crab-apples
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
cupola-crowned
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D
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designed
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
disturb
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From this reading The town and college of Plato disturb the expanse of prairie scarce more than a group of haystacks.
down
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
dull
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From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
earnest
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From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
expanse
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From this reading The town and college of Plato disturb the expanse of prairie scarce more than a group of haystacks.
faded
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
fifty
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From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
furrows
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From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
given
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From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
gray-stone
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
Greek
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From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
group
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From this reading The town and college of Plato disturb the expanse of prairie scarce more than a group of haystacks.
grouped
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
haystacks
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From this reading The town and college of Plato disturb the expanse of prairie scarce more than a group of haystacks.
high
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
human
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From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
hundred
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From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
jails
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
learning
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
like
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
meadowy
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
Minnesota
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From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
missionary
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From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
more
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From this reading The town and college of Plato disturb the expanse of prairie scarce more than a group of haystacks.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
pathetically
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From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
Plato
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From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
prairie
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From this reading The town and college of Plato disturb the expanse of prairie scarce more than a group of haystacks.
prairies
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
president
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provincially
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From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
red
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
Red-brick
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
Rev
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
root
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S
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
scarce
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From this reading The town and college of Plato disturb the expanse of prairie scarce more than a group of haystacks.
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
settles
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
soon
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
spinster
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From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
spiritual
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From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
students
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From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The town and college of Plato disturb the expanse of prairie scarce more than a group of haystacks.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
time
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
tombstone
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From this reading Red-brick buildings, designed by the architect of county jails, are grouped about that high, bare, cupola-crowned gray-stone barracks, the Academic Building, like red and faded blossoms about a tombstone.
town
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two
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From this reading Its two hundred or two hundred and fifty students come from the furrows, asking for spiritual bread, and are given a Greek root.
undistinguished
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From this reading Plato College, Minnesota, is as earnest and undistinguished, as provincially dull and pathetically human, as a spinster missionary.
winter
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
Wood
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From this reading In the air is the scent of crab-apples and meadowy prairies, for a time, but soon settles down a winter bitter as the learning of the Rev. S. Alcott Wood, D.D., the president.
