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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 He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
all
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From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
bed
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From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The whole world lay before Richard his inheritance.
best
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From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
bliss
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From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
coloursnounUS /ˈcolours/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
darkness
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From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
dew-drops
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From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
dreamless
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From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
dug
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From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
earth
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From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
evanescent
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From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
find
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From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
gems
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From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
grass
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From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
hiding
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From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
inheritance
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From this reading The whole world lay before Richard his inheritance.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
lay
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From this reading The whole world lay before Richard his inheritance.
lie
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From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
maundering
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From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
mines
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From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
moment
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From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
Nature
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From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
night
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From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
overflowed
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From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
prototype
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From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
rainbow
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From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
Richard
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From this reading The whole world lay before Richard his inheritance.
rose
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From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
shining
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From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
sorrow
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From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
sun
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From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
sunless
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From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
Surely
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From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
surface
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From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
sweet
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From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Surely the gems that are dug from the earth have their prototype in the dew-drops that lie on its surface.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
water-drop
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From this reading The sun was at his best, and every water-drop on the grass was shining all the colours of the rainbow.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
whole
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From this reading The whole world lay before Richard his inheritance.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
world
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From this reading He went to bed, and after a dreamless night, rose to find the world overflowed with bliss.
youth
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From this reading One might in a moment of sweet maundering imagine Nature hiding those sunless dew-drops of the mines in the darkness of a sweet sorrow that the youth of the morning must be so evanescent.
