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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 There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The cornfields had grown to their full height and turned from green to yellow.
appeared
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was the season in which the leaves of the maple were as red as blood.
aster
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
bent
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From this reading The stalks, stripped of their tops and blades, were bent by the weight of their ears.
blades
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From this reading The stalks, stripped of their tops and blades, were bent by the weight of their ears.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the season in which the leaves of the maple were as red as blood.
bloomed
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
breezes
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
brilliant
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
brown-bolled
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The stalks, stripped of their tops and blades, were bent by the weight of their ears.
cornfields
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From this reading The cornfields had grown to their full height and turned from green to yellow.
cotton
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
daisy
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
ears
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From this reading The stalks, stripped of their tops and blades, were bent by the weight of their ears.
fodder-stacks
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
forest
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The cornfields had grown to their full height and turned from green to yellow.
full
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From this reading The cornfields had grown to their full height and turned from green to yellow.
gentian
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
golden-disked
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
green
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From this reading The cornfields had grown to their full height and turned from green to yellow.
grown
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From this reading The cornfields had grown to their full height and turned from green to yellow.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The cornfields had grown to their full height and turned from green to yellow.
height
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From this reading The cornfields had grown to their full height and turned from green to yellow.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
kalmia
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
landscape
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
leaves
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From this reading It was the season in which the leaves of the maple were as red as blood.
lingered
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
main
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
maple
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From this reading It was the season in which the leaves of the maple were as red as blood.
most
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
mountain-side
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The stalks, stripped of their tops and blades, were bent by the weight of their ears.
plants
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
primrose
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
red
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From this reading It was the season in which the leaves of the maple were as red as blood.
road
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
rows
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
rugged
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
season
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
sedge-fields
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
spots
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
stalks
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From this reading The stalks, stripped of their tops and blades, were bent by the weight of their ears.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
stretched
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
stripped
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From this reading The stalks, stripped of their tops and blades, were bent by the weight of their ears.
sunny
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The cornfields had grown to their full height and turned from green to yellow.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The cornfields had grown to their full height and turned from green to yellow.
There
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The cornfields had grown to their full height and turned from green to yellow.
tops
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From this reading The stalks, stripped of their tops and blades, were bent by the weight of their ears.
turned
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From this reading The cornfields had grown to their full height and turned from green to yellow.
up
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
weight
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From this reading The stalks, stripped of their tops and blades, were bent by the weight of their ears.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The stalks, stripped of their tops and blades, were bent by the weight of their ears.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
whispering
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From this reading There was a whispering of breezes in the sedge-fields, in the long rows of brown-bolled cotton plants, among the fodder-stacks, and in the forest that stretched from the main road up the mountain-side.
woodbine
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From this reading It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots.
yellow
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From this reading The cornfields had grown to their full height and turned from green to yellow.
