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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 Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
air
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From this reading And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes, Roaring and thunderous and weapon-bare, An army stormed the bastions of the air!
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes, Roaring and thunderous and weapon-bare, An army stormed the bastions of the air!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
army
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From this reading And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes, Roaring and thunderous and weapon-bare, An army stormed the bastions of the air!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Dreadful with banners, fire to slay and parch, Marching together as the lightnings march, And swift as storm-clouds.
banners
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From this reading Dreadful with banners, fire to slay and parch, Marching together as the lightnings march, And swift as storm-clouds.
barbarian
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From this reading And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes, Roaring and thunderous and weapon-bare, An army stormed the bastions of the air!
bastions
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From this reading And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes, Roaring and thunderous and weapon-bare, An army stormed the bastions of the air!
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
brute
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From this reading And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes, Roaring and thunderous and weapon-bare, An army stormed the bastions of the air!
chest
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
clear
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From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
cool
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
downward
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From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
DreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading Dreadful with banners, fire to slay and parch, Marching together as the lightnings march, And swift as storm-clouds.
drums
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From this reading And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes, Roaring and thunderous and weapon-bare, An army stormed the bastions of the air!
ear
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echoes
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fat
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
fingers
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From this reading Whitely without rest, His fingers swept the keys that flashed like swords, ...
fire
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flashed
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Floating
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From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
friend
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
green
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
higher
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
hordes
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From this reading And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes, Roaring and thunderous and weapon-bare, An army stormed the bastions of the air!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
keys
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From this reading Whitely without rest, His fingers swept the keys that flashed like swords, ...
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
lightnings
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From this reading Dreadful with banners, fire to slay and parch, Marching together as the lightnings march, And swift as storm-clouds.
like
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littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
march
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From this reading Dreadful with banners, fire to slay and parch, Marching together as the lightnings march, And swift as storm-clouds.
Marching
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From this reading Dreadful with banners, fire to slay and parch, Marching together as the lightnings march, And swift as storm-clouds.
Mounting
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From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
Music
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
parch
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From this reading Dreadful with banners, fire to slay and parch, Marching together as the lightnings march, And swift as storm-clouds.
piano
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
Picked
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
pipe
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
propped
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
reach
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From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Whitely without rest, His fingers swept the keys that flashed like swords, ...
Roaring
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From this reading And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes, Roaring and thunderous and weapon-bare, An army stormed the bastions of the air!
sings
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From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
slay
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From this reading Dreadful with banners, fire to slay and parch, Marching together as the lightnings march, And swift as storm-clouds.
song
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From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
spun
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
stool
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
storm-clouds
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From this reading Dreadful with banners, fire to slay and parch, Marching together as the lightnings march, And swift as storm-clouds.
stormed
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From this reading And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes, Roaring and thunderous and weapon-bare, An army stormed the bastions of the air!
swept
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From this reading Whitely without rest, His fingers swept the keys that flashed like swords, ...
swift
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From this reading Dreadful with banners, fire to slay and parch, Marching together as the lightnings march, And swift as storm-clouds.
swords
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From this reading Whitely without rest, His fingers swept the keys that flashed like swords, ...
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Whitely without rest, His fingers swept the keys that flashed like swords, ...
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
thunderous
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From this reading And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes, Roaring and thunderous and weapon-bare, An army stormed the bastions of the air!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
together
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From this reading Dreadful with banners, fire to slay and parch, Marching together as the lightnings march, And swift as storm-clouds.
torn
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From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
triumphant
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From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
tune
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From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
up
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
very
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From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
volume
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From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
weapon-bare
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From this reading And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes, Roaring and thunderous and weapon-bare, An army stormed the bastions of the air!
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Music My friend went to the piano; spun the stool A little higher; left his pipe to cool; Picked up a fat green volume from the chest; And propped it open.
whistles
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From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
Whitely
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From this reading Whitely without rest, His fingers swept the keys that flashed like swords, ...
wings
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From this reading Floating downward, very clear, still the echoes reach the ear Of a little tune he whistles and a little song he sings, Mounting, mounting still, triumphant, on his torn and broken wings!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dreadful with banners, fire to slay and parch, Marching together as the lightnings march, And swift as storm-clouds.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Whitely without rest, His fingers swept the keys that flashed like swords, ...
