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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 The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
agreeable
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From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They passed through and it fell behind them.
ante-chamber
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From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading They passed through and it fell behind them.
big
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
cloak
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
day
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
degrees
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
don't
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From this reading "These good people seem to live in Winter Gardens, don't they?
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
English
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
fact
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
far-off
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
fell
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From this reading They passed through and it fell behind them.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
frosted
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
fur
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
Gardens
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From this reading "These good people seem to live in Winter Gardens, don't they?
gave
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From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
glass
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "These good people seem to live in Winter Gardens, don't they?
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
ground
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
halted
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
hardly
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
higher
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
huge
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
immediately
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They passed through and it fell behind them.
leaves
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From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
live
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From this reading "These good people seem to live in Winter Gardens, don't they?
magnificent
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
most
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From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
off
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From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
oval
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From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They passed through and it fell behind them.
people
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From this reading "These good people seem to live in Winter Gardens, don't they?
portal
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
rose
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
rows
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From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
saying
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
seem
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From this reading "These good people seem to live in Winter Gardens, don't they?
several
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
shaped
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From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
sheet
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
side
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From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
silently
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
spring
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
strangelynounUS /ˈstrangely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
subtle
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From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
temperature
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
Terra
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They passed through and it fell behind them.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "These good people seem to live in Winter Gardens, don't they?
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They passed through and it fell behind them.
threw
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They passed through and it fell behind them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "These good people seem to live in Winter Gardens, don't they?
trees
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From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
triple
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From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
visitors
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading They found themselves in a great oval ante-chamber along each side of which stood triple rows of strangely shaped trees whose leaves gave off a subtle and most agreeable scent.
Winter
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From this reading "These good people seem to live in Winter Gardens, don't they?
wondering
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From this reading The wondering visitors from far-off Terra had hardly halted before the magnificent portal when a huge sheet of frosted glass rose silently from the ground.
Zaidie
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From this reading The temperature here was several degrees higher, in fact about that of an English spring day, and Zaidie immediately threw open her big fur cloak, saying:
