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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 The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
almost
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From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
assist
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From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
autumn
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From this reading The glare of summer was softened into the glow of autumn.
bell-cow
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
came
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
chilling
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
corn-blades
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
creeping
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
curfew
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
deeper
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
devoted
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From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
dew
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
Don't
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From this reading "Don't sit up too late, John," the giant would sometimes say.
dry
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
evenings
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
fell
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
field
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
fields
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
gently
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
giant
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From this reading "Don't sit up too late, John," the giant would sometimes say.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The glare of summer was softened into the glow of autumn.
glow
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From this reading The glare of summer was softened into the glow of autumn.
grasshopper
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
heavily-wooded
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
hill-sides
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
hoarsely
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
interested
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From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The glare of summer was softened into the glow of autumn.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
John
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From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
land
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
late
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From this reading "Don't sit up too late, John," the giant would sometimes say.
melancholy
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
mornings
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
much
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From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
noontide
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The glare of summer was softened into the glow of autumn.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
out
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
Potter
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From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
pumpkin
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
rang
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
red
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
rosy
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
sat
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
say
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From this reading "Don't sit up too late, John," the giant would sometimes say.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
serenely
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
shone
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
sit
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From this reading "Don't sit up too late, John," the giant would sometimes say.
softened
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From this reading The glare of summer was softened into the glow of autumn.
sometimes
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From this reading "Don't sit up too late, John," the giant would sometimes say.
spreading
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
stealing
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From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
stiffened
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
stirring
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
student
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From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
summer
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From this reading The glare of summer was softened into the glow of autumn.
sunlight
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The glare of summer was softened into the glow of autumn.
tired
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From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
too
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From this reading John was a devoted student, and Potter, almost as much interested, was never too tired to assist him.
up
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From this reading "Don't sit up too late, John," the giant would sometimes say.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The glare of summer was softened into the glow of autumn.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
whispered
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From this reading In the field the dry corn-blades, gently stirring, hoarsely whispered; and the grasshopper, stiffened by the chilling dew, sat on the pumpkin where the sunlight fell.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The mornings were rosy, the noontide shone with a deeper red, but the evenings came, serenely stealing, it seemed, out of the heavily-wooded land, spreading over the fields and creeping along the hill-sides where the bell-cow rang her melancholy curfew.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Don't sit up too late, John," the giant would sometimes say.
