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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 A LONG GOOD-BYE.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
aisles
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
all
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
Ambiguous
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From this reading Gathering shadows--Harry's wonder--Ambiguous--A long good-bye--The anchor's weighed.
anchor's
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From this reading Gathering shadows--Harry's wonder--Ambiguous--A long good-bye--The anchor's weighed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
barrows
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
church
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From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
churchyard
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
countless
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
diamonded
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
dim
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
evening
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From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
farewell
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From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
farm
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From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
Gathering
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From this reading Gathering shadows--Harry's wonder--Ambiguous--A long good-bye--The anchor's weighed.
GOOD-BYE
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From this reading A LONG GOOD-BYE.
Grassy
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
gravel-path
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
green
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
happier
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
Harry's
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From this reading Gathering shadows--Harry's wonder--Ambiguous--A long good-bye--The anchor's weighed.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
husband
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From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
lindens
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
LONGnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A LONG GOOD-BYE.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
low
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
oak-panelled
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
pale
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From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
parlour
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
quiet
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
sad
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From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
said
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From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
sailor
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From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
shadows
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From this reading Gathering shadows--Harry's wonder--Ambiguous--A long good-bye--The anchor's weighed.
sitters
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From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
stout
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From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
summer
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From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
summer-like
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From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
sweet
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From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
swinging
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Gathering shadows--Harry's wonder--Ambiguous--A long good-bye--The anchor's weighed.
there
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From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
three
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From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
very
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From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
weeping
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From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
weighednounUS /ˈweighed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Gathering shadows--Harry's wonder--Ambiguous--A long good-bye--The anchor's weighed.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
wicket
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
Wilton
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From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
window
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From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Very sad it was in the low, dim, oak-panelled parlour, whose diamonded window looked across the quiet churchyard, with its swinging wicket, its gravel-path beneath green aisles of lindens, and all the countless "Grassy barrows of the happier dead."
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
woman
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From this reading Very sad were those three sitters in the summer twilight, there, at the farm; for a good-bye had to be said--a long, long farewell between that weeping pale woman, and the stout sailor, her husband.
wonder
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From this reading Gathering shadows--Harry's wonder--Ambiguous--A long good-bye--The anchor's weighed.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It was a sad evening in the little farm by the church of Wilton, yet very sweet and summer-like without.
