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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 On an April Saturday morning Carl rose with a feeling of spring.
a-ripple
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
afire
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading On an April Saturday morning Carl rose with a feeling of spring.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
any
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From this reading Would there be any crocuses out as yet?
April
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From this reading On an April Saturday morning Carl rose with a feeling of spring.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Would there be any crocuses out as yet?
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
bloom
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From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
breeze
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
brownstone
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From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
Carl
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From this reading On an April Saturday morning Carl rose with a feeling of spring.
Connecticut
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
crocus-blossoms
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
crocuses
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From this reading Would there be any crocuses out as yet?
displayed
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From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
elms
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
feeling
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From this reading On an April Saturday morning Carl rose with a feeling of spring.
few
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From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
fewer
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From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
find
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
green
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
heart
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From this reading That was the only question worth solving in the world, save the riddle of Ruth's heart.
hills
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
houses
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From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
larks
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
misted
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
morning
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From this reading On an April Saturday morning Carl rose with a feeling of spring.
New
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From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On an April Saturday morning Carl rose with a feeling of spring.
off
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On an April Saturday morning Carl rose with a feeling of spring.
only
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From this reading That was the only question worth solving in the world, save the riddle of Ruth's heart.
out
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From this reading Would there be any crocuses out as yet?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
pools
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
question
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From this reading That was the only question worth solving in the world, save the riddle of Ruth's heart.
riddle
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From this reading That was the only question worth solving in the world, save the riddle of Ruth's heart.
rising
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
road
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
romance
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From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
rose
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From this reading On an April Saturday morning Carl rose with a feeling of spring.
Ruth's
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From this reading That was the only question worth solving in the world, save the riddle of Ruth's heart.
Saturday
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From this reading On an April Saturday morning Carl rose with a feeling of spring.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading That was the only question worth solving in the world, save the riddle of Ruth's heart.
silvery-gray
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
sleepy
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
solving
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From this reading That was the only question worth solving in the world, save the riddle of Ruth's heart.
spring
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From this reading On an April Saturday morning Carl rose with a feeling of spring.
staid
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From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
streets
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From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was the only question worth solving in the world, save the riddle of Ruth's heart.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
there
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From this reading Would there be any crocuses out as yet?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
to-day
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From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
towns
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
wanted
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was the only question worth solving in the world, save the riddle of Ruth's heart.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
white
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On an April Saturday morning Carl rose with a feeling of spring.
woke
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
world
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From this reading That was the only question worth solving in the world, save the riddle of Ruth's heart.
worm-fences
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
worth
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From this reading That was the only question worth solving in the world, save the riddle of Ruth's heart.
Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would there be any crocuses out as yet?
yellow
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Would there be any crocuses out as yet?
York
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From this reading The staid brownstone houses of the New York streets displayed few crocuses and fewer larks, yet over them to-day was the bloom of romance.
young
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From this reading He wanted to be off in the Connecticut hills, among the silvery-gray worm-fences, with larks rising on the breeze and pools a-ripple and yellow crocus-blossoms afire by the road, where towns white and sleepy woke to find the elms misted with young green.
