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ajar
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From this reading Ever since Miss Browning's unlucky conversation, things had been ajar in the Gibsons' house.
all
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From this reading The autumn drifted away through all its seasons.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
apple-orchards
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
autumn
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From this reading The autumn drifted away through all its seasons.
away
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From this reading The autumn drifted away through all its seasons.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Ever since Miss Browning's unlucky conversation, things had been ajar in the Gibsons' house.
Browning's
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From this reading Ever since Miss Browning's unlucky conversation, things had been ajar in the Gibsons' house.
BURSTS
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From this reading THE STORM BURSTS.
children
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
colouring
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
comparative
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From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
conversation
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From this reading Ever since Miss Browning's unlucky conversation, things had been ajar in the Gibsons' house.
corn-harvest
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
cries
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
days
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
drifted
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From this reading The autumn drifted away through all its seasons.
EvernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ever since Miss Browning's unlucky conversation, things had been ajar in the Gibsons' house.
excepting
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From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
field
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From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
fruit
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
Gibsons
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From this reading Ever since Miss Browning's unlucky conversation, things had been ajar in the Gibsons' house.
golden
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
gorgeous
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
hazel-copses
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
house
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From this reading Ever since Miss Browning's unlucky conversation, things had been ajar in the Gibsons' house.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The autumn drifted away through all its seasons.
joyous
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
land
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From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
later
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
Miss
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From this reading Ever since Miss Browning's unlucky conversation, things had been ajar in the Gibsons' house.
now
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
nuts
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
partridges
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From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
rambles
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
rose
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From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
ruddy
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
search
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
seasons
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From this reading The autumn drifted away through all its seasons.
shortening
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
shots
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From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
shouts
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Ever since Miss Browning's unlucky conversation, things had been ajar in the Gibsons' house.
STORM
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From this reading THE STORM BURSTS.
stripping
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
stubble-fields
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STORM BURSTS.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
There
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From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
things
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From this reading Ever since Miss Browning's unlucky conversation, things had been ajar in the Gibsons' house.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The autumn drifted away through all its seasons.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
tulip-like
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
unlucky
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From this reading Ever since Miss Browning's unlucky conversation, things had been ajar in the Gibsons' house.
up
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From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
walks
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
watching
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From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
whirr
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From this reading There was comparative silence in the land, excepting for the distant shots, and the whirr of the partridges as they rose up from the field.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shouts of watching children; and the gorgeous tulip-like colouring of the later time had now come on with the shortening days.
