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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 CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
abundance
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
air
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
always
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
associated
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
atmospheric
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
attractions
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
banks
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
bare
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
bowed
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
branches
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From this reading The starlings were whistling as cheerily as if spring was come, and a solitary missel-thrush was diligently practising a Christmas ditty on the bare branches of the hawthorn.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
cheerily
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From this reading The starlings were whistling as cheerily as if spring was come, and a solitary missel-thrush was diligently practising a Christmas ditty on the bare branches of the hawthorn.
CHRISTMAS
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From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
conditions
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
DAY
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From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
dense
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
diligently
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From this reading The starlings were whistling as cheerily as if spring was come, and a solitary missel-thrush was diligently practising a Christmas ditty on the bare branches of the hawthorn.
distance
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
dittynounUS /ˈdɪti/
a short, simple song
From this reading The starlings were whistling as cheerily as if spring was come, and a solitary missel-thrush was diligently practising a Christmas ditty on the bare branches of the hawthorn.
Earth
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
enjoyable
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From this reading Christmas Day itself, however, proved enjoyable if not wildly exciting.
exciting
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From this reading Christmas Day itself, however, proved enjoyable if not wildly exciting.
face
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
fallen
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From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
far
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From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
flake
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From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
fog
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
frost
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
garden
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
gone
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From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
greeting
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
hawthorn
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From this reading The starlings were whistling as cheerily as if spring was come, and a solitary missel-thrush was diligently practising a Christmas ditty on the bare branches of the hawthorn.
heads
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Christmas Day itself, however, proved enjoyable if not wildly exciting.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Christmas Day itself, however, proved enjoyable if not wildly exciting.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Christmas Day itself, however, proved enjoyable if not wildly exciting.
kindly
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
missel-thrush
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From this reading The starlings were whistling as cheerily as if spring was come, and a solitary missel-thrush was diligently practising a Christmas ditty on the bare branches of the hawthorn.
mistily
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
mother
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
natives
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
northern
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
now
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The starlings were whistling as cheerily as if spring was come, and a solitary missel-thrush was diligently practising a Christmas ditty on the bare branches of the hawthorn.
petals
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
practising
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From this reading The starlings were whistling as cheerily as if spring was come, and a solitary missel-thrush was diligently practising a Christmas ditty on the bare branches of the hawthorn.
proved
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From this reading Christmas Day itself, however, proved enjoyable if not wildly exciting.
pure
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
Rain
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
roses
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
say
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
shining
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
snow
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From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
soft
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
solitary
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From this reading The starlings were whistling as cheerily as if spring was come, and a solitary missel-thrush was diligently practising a Christmas ditty on the bare branches of the hawthorn.
speak
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
spring
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From this reading The starlings were whistling as cheerily as if spring was come, and a solitary missel-thrush was diligently practising a Christmas ditty on the bare branches of the hawthorn.
starlings
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From this reading The starlings were whistling as cheerily as if spring was come, and a solitary missel-thrush was diligently practising a Christmas ditty on the bare branches of the hawthorn.
stepped
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
sun
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
there
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The starlings were whistling as cheerily as if spring was come, and a solitary missel-thrush was diligently practising a Christmas ditty on the bare branches of the hawthorn.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
whistling
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From this reading The starlings were whistling as cheerily as if spring was come, and a solitary missel-thrush was diligently practising a Christmas ditty on the bare branches of the hawthorn.
white
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
wildly
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From this reading Christmas Day itself, however, proved enjoyable if not wildly exciting.
WINDYRIDGE
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From this reading CHRISTMAS DAY AT WINDYRIDGE Christmas has come and gone, and so far not a flake of snow has fallen.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
wrinkled
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From this reading The air was "soft," as the natives say, and the sun was shining mistily when I stepped into the garden, now bare of attractions save for the Christmas roses, whose pure white petals bowed their heads in kindly greeting to the wrinkled face of Earth, their mother.
Yuletide
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From this reading Rain there has been in abundance, and in the distance dense banks of fog, but no frost to speak of, and none of the atmospheric conditions I have always associated with a northern Yuletide.
