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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 And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
abandoned
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acquaintance
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From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
advantage
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From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
all
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From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
attractive
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From this reading And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
background
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From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
band
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From this reading And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
basking
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From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
bear
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From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
best
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From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
birds
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From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
Bring
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From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
BUSTARD
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bustards
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From this reading And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
chief
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From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
corn
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From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
corn-growing
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covers
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From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
deer
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From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
denizens
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enjoyment
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From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
European
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expanse
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few
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From this reading And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
field-glass
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From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
five-and-twenty
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From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
form
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From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
forms
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From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
full
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From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
game-birds
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From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
gathering
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From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
goats
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From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
grain
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From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
grandest
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From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
GREATnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
green
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From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
grows
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From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
horizon
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From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
human
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From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
immense
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From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
landscape
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From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
majestic
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From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
mid-day
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From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
mistake
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From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
more
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From this reading And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
most
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From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
ornament
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From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
scenes
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From this reading And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
see
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From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
siesta
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From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
silent
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From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
solitudes
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Spain
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sport
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From this reading And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
spring
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From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
sprouting
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From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
steppes
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From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
stranger
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From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
stretching
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From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
sunshine
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From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
There
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From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
things
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From this reading And among the things of sport are few more attractive scenes than a band of great bustards at rest.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
vast
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From this reading THE GREAT BUSTARD Over the vast expanse of those silent solitudes, the corn-growing steppes of Spain--all but abandoned by human denizens--this grandest and most majestic of European game-birds forms the chief ornament.
well
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From this reading There are five-and-twenty of them, and immense they look against the green background of corn that covers the landscape--well may a stranger mistake the birds for deer or goats.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
yonder
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From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When the sprouting grain grows green in spring, stretching from horizon to horizon, you may form his acquaintance to best advantage.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Bring your field-glass to bear on the gathering which you see yonder, basking in the sunshine in full enjoyment of their mid-day siesta.
