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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 RETROSPECTIVE Rufus tramped the seven long miles to Tregannon like one in a dream.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
back
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The short winter's day faded into darkness before he had covered half the journey.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
cottages
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
covered
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From this reading The short winter's day faded into darkness before he had covered half the journey.
dale
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From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
darkness
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From this reading The short winter's day faded into darkness before he had covered half the journey.
day
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From this reading The short winter's day faded into darkness before he had covered half the journey.
distance
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From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
down
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From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading RETROSPECTIVE Rufus tramped the seven long miles to Tregannon like one in a dream.
eastern
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From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
faded
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From this reading The short winter's day faded into darkness before he had covered half the journey.
flung
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From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
Gaved
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
Grover
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The short winter's day faded into darkness before he had covered half the journey.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The short winter's day faded into darkness before he had covered half the journey.
hamlets
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
hand
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
heed
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From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
heedless
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From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
hill
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From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading RETROSPECTIVE Rufus tramped the seven long miles to Tregannon like one in a dream.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The short winter's day faded into darkness before he had covered half the journey.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The short winter's day faded into darkness before he had covered half the journey.
lane
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
later
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From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
like
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From this reading RETROSPECTIVE Rufus tramped the seven long miles to Tregannon like one in a dream.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
lonely
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading RETROSPECTIVE Rufus tramped the seven long miles to Tregannon like one in a dream.
Madeline
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
miles
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From this reading RETROSPECTIVE Rufus tramped the seven long miles to Tregannon like one in a dream.
milestones
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From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
moon
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From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading RETROSPECTIVE Rufus tramped the seven long miles to Tregannon like one in a dream.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
paid
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From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
quiet
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
RETROSPECTIVE
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From this reading RETROSPECTIVE Rufus tramped the seven long miles to Tregannon like one in a dream.
road
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From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
Rufus
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sailed
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From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
seven
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From this reading RETROSPECTIVE Rufus tramped the seven long miles to Tregannon like one in a dream.
shadows
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From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The short winter's day faded into darkness before he had covered half the journey.
sky
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From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
sleepy
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
slowly
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From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
splashing
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
St
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
swung
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From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading RETROSPECTIVE Rufus tramped the seven long miles to Tregannon like one in a dream.
thoughts
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading RETROSPECTIVE Rufus tramped the seven long miles to Tregannon like one in a dream.
tramped
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From this reading RETROSPECTIVE Rufus tramped the seven long miles to Tregannon like one in a dream.
Tregannon
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From this reading RETROSPECTIVE Rufus tramped the seven long miles to Tregannon like one in a dream.
trembled
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
untroubled
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From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
Up
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From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
villages
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
warm
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
water-wheels
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From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
way
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From this reading Up hill and down dale he swung his way, heedless of the milestones and untroubled by distance.
weird
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From this reading A little later the moon sailed slowly up in the eastern sky and flung weird shadows across the road, but he paid no heed.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Through sleepy villages and hamlets he tramped, by lonely cottages and splashing water-wheels, but his thoughts were back in the quiet lane outside St. Gaved, and the warm hand of Madeline Grover still trembled in his.
winter's
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From this reading The short winter's day faded into darkness before he had covered half the journey.
