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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 But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
ah
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From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
Aydelot
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From this reading Thaine Aydelot sat with Doctor Carey and Pryor Gaines in the latter's home in the Foreign Compound in Peking.
back
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From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
CALL
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From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
Carey
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From this reading Thaine Aydelot sat with Doctor Carey and Pryor Gaines in the latter's home in the Foreign Compound in Peking.
Compound
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From this reading Thaine Aydelot sat with Doctor Carey and Pryor Gaines in the latter's home in the Foreign Compound in Peking.
country
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From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
daughters
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From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thaine Aydelot sat with Doctor Carey and Pryor Gaines in the latter's home in the Foreign Compound in Peking.
Dreaming
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From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
dwell
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From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
far
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From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
fields
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From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
Foreign
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From this reading Thaine Aydelot sat with Doctor Carey and Pryor Gaines in the latter's home in the Foreign Compound in Peking.
Gaines
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From this reading Thaine Aydelot sat with Doctor Carey and Pryor Gaines in the latter's home in the Foreign Compound in Peking.
Gleaming
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From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
home
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From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
just
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From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
Kansas
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From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
lands
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From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
latter's
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From this reading Thaine Aydelot sat with Doctor Carey and Pryor Gaines in the latter's home in the Foreign Compound in Peking.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
mountains
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From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
Nancy
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From this reading --Nancy Parker.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
o'er
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From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
out
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From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
Parker
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From this reading --Nancy Parker.
Peking
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From this reading Thaine Aydelot sat with Doctor Carey and Pryor Gaines in the latter's home in the Foreign Compound in Peking.
prairie
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From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
Pryor
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From this reading Thaine Aydelot sat with Doctor Carey and Pryor Gaines in the latter's home in the Foreign Compound in Peking.
roam
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From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
sat
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From this reading Thaine Aydelot sat with Doctor Carey and Pryor Gaines in the latter's home in the Foreign Compound in Peking.
sea
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From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
Sons
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From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
starry
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From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
sun-kissed
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From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
SUNFLOWER
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From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
surging
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From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
Thaine
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From this reading Thaine Aydelot sat with Doctor Carey and Pryor Gaines in the latter's home in the Foreign Compound in Peking.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
vales
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From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
vary
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From this reading THE CALL OF THE SUNFLOWER Sons and daughters of the prairie, Dreaming, dreaming, Of the starry nights that vary, Gleaming, gleaming!
wander
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From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Thaine Aydelot sat with Doctor Carey and Pryor Gaines in the latter's home in the Foreign Compound in Peking.
world
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From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
yellow
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From this reading But ah! just a yellow sunflower, though across the world you roam, Will take you back to Kansas and the sun-kissed fields of home.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You may wander o'er your country where the vales and mountains be, You may dwell in lands far distant, out beyond the surging sea.
