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admiration
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
alike
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
all
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Had Potter been less tired, to sleep would not have required an effort.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
arms
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
away
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Had Potter been less tired, to sleep would not have required an effort.
borne
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
boy
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
breezes
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
carol
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From this reading The "chatter-jack," clinging to the nodding iron-weed's purple top, trilled his carol in praise of midsummer.
cat-bird
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
chatter-jack
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From this reading The "chatter-jack," clinging to the nodding iron-weed's purple top, trilled his carol in praise of midsummer.
chest
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
clinging
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From this reading The "chatter-jack," clinging to the nodding iron-weed's purple top, trilled his carol in praise of midsummer.
conspired
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From this reading Nature's noises, it seemed, had conspired to "weigh the eyelids down" with pleasant drowsiness.
contemplated
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
cultivated
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
down
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From this reading Nature's noises, it seemed, had conspired to "weigh the eyelids down" with pleasant drowsiness.
drowsiness
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From this reading Nature's noises, it seemed, had conspired to "weigh the eyelids down" with pleasant drowsiness.
effort
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From this reading Had Potter been less tired, to sleep would not have required an effort.
eyelids
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From this reading Nature's noises, it seemed, had conspired to "weigh the eyelids down" with pleasant drowsiness.
felt
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
friend
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
gathered
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
gazing
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
grew
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
gullied
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
Hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had Potter been less tired, to sleep would not have required an effort.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had Potter been less tired, to sleep would not have required an effort.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
hill-sides
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The "chatter-jack," clinging to the nodding iron-weed's purple top, trilled his carol in praise of midsummer.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The "chatter-jack," clinging to the nodding iron-weed's purple top, trilled his carol in praise of midsummer.
innate
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
iron-weed's
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From this reading The "chatter-jack," clinging to the nodding iron-weed's purple top, trilled his carol in praise of midsummer.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Nature's noises, it seemed, had conspired to "weigh the eyelids down" with pleasant drowsiness.
larkspurs
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
less
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From this reading Had Potter been less tired, to sleep would not have required an effort.
man
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
midsummer
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From this reading The "chatter-jack," clinging to the nodding iron-weed's purple top, trilled his carol in praise of midsummer.
mighty
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
Nature's
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From this reading Nature's noises, it seemed, had conspired to "weigh the eyelids down" with pleasant drowsiness.
new-found
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
nodding
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From this reading The "chatter-jack," clinging to the nodding iron-weed's purple top, trilled his carol in praise of midsummer.
noises
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From this reading Nature's noises, it seemed, had conspired to "weigh the eyelids down" with pleasant drowsiness.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Had Potter been less tired, to sleep would not have required an effort.
nursing
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The "chatter-jack," clinging to the nodding iron-weed's purple top, trilled his carol in praise of midsummer.
ones
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nature's noises, it seemed, had conspired to "weigh the eyelids down" with pleasant drowsiness.
Potter
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From this reading Had Potter been less tired, to sleep would not have required an effort.
powerful
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
praise
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From this reading The "chatter-jack," clinging to the nodding iron-weed's purple top, trilled his carol in praise of midsummer.
purple
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From this reading The "chatter-jack," clinging to the nodding iron-weed's purple top, trilled his carol in praise of midsummer.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had Potter been less tired, to sleep would not have required an effort.
sat
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
savage
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From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
scents
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nature's noises, it seemed, had conspired to "weigh the eyelids down" with pleasant drowsiness.
sleep
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From this reading Had Potter been less tired, to sleep would not have required an effort.
soft
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
song
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
sounds
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
sweetened
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
taught
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nature's noises, it seemed, had conspired to "weigh the eyelids down" with pleasant drowsiness.
tired
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From this reading Had Potter been less tired, to sleep would not have required an effort.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Had Potter been less tired, to sleep would not have required an effort.
top
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From this reading The "chatter-jack," clinging to the nodding iron-weed's purple top, trilled his carol in praise of midsummer.
trilled
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From this reading The "chatter-jack," clinging to the nodding iron-weed's purple top, trilled his carol in praise of midsummer.
trumpet
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
up
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
vines
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
weigh
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From this reading Nature's noises, it seemed, had conspired to "weigh the eyelids down" with pleasant drowsiness.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The boy sat gazing at his new-found friend, and with that innate admiration of the powerful, which is felt alike by the savage and the cultivated man, contemplated his great chest and mighty arms.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nature's noises, it seemed, had conspired to "weigh the eyelids down" with pleasant drowsiness.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Had Potter been less tired, to sleep would not have required an effort.
young
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From this reading The cat-bird, with soft nursing song, taught her young ones among the trumpet vines; and all the sounds were gathered up and borne away by breezes that brought sweetened scents from gullied hill-sides where larkspurs grew.
