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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 Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
affected
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From this reading Dennie Saxon was the only girl of the party who was not affected by the storm at the Kickapoo Corral.
all
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From this reading Biting winds beat all the autumn beauty from tree and shrub.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Biting winds beat all the autumn beauty from tree and shrub.
any
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From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
autumn
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From this reading Biting winds beat all the autumn beauty from tree and shrub.
ban
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From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
beat
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From this reading Biting winds beat all the autumn beauty from tree and shrub.
beauty
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From this reading Biting winds beat all the autumn beauty from tree and shrub.
bidding
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From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
Biting
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From this reading Biting winds beat all the autumn beauty from tree and shrub.
BITTER
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From this reading --KIPLING BITTER weather followed the night of the storm.
bless
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From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
BloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Dennie Saxon was the only girl of the party who was not affected by the storm at the Kickapoo Corral.
chill
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
Cold
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
Corral
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From this reading Dennie Saxon was the only girl of the party who was not affected by the storm at the Kickapoo Corral.
Dennie
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From this reading Dennie Saxon was the only girl of the party who was not affected by the storm at the Kickapoo Corral.
destroy
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
down
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From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
followed
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From this reading --KIPLING BITTER weather followed the night of the storm.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Biting winds beat all the autumn beauty from tree and shrub.
girl
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From this reading Dennie Saxon was the only girl of the party who was not affected by the storm at the Kickapoo Corral.
glorious
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
gray
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
heavy
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
hope
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
hung
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
Indian
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
Kansas
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
Kickapoo
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From this reading Dennie Saxon was the only girl of the party who was not affected by the storm at the Kickapoo Corral.
KIPLING
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From this reading --KIPLING BITTER weather followed the night of the storm.
land
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
lie
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From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
makes
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
man
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From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
night
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From this reading --KIPLING BITTER weather followed the night of the storm.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Dennie Saxon was the only girl of the party who was not affected by the storm at the Kickapoo Corral.
Novembers
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
only
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From this reading Dennie Saxon was the only girl of the party who was not affected by the storm at the Kickapoo Corral.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dennie Saxon was the only girl of the party who was not affected by the storm at the Kickapoo Corral.
penetrating
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
Saxon
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From this reading Dennie Saxon was the only girl of the party who was not affected by the storm at the Kickapoo Corral.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
shrub
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From this reading Biting winds beat all the autumn beauty from tree and shrub.
skies
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
slower
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From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
snowfall
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
storm
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From this reading --KIPLING BITTER weather followed the night of the storm.
Summer
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From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Cold gray skies hung over a cold gray land, and a heavy snowfall and a penetrating chill seemed to destroy all hope for the Indian Summer that makes the Kansas Novembers glorious.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
tree
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From this reading Biting winds beat all the autumn beauty from tree and shrub.
Truly
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From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
used
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From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dennie Saxon was the only girl of the party who was not affected by the storm at the Kickapoo Corral.
weather
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From this reading --KIPLING BITTER weather followed the night of the storm.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Dennie Saxon was the only girl of the party who was not affected by the storm at the Kickapoo Corral.
winds
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From this reading Biting winds beat all the autumn beauty from tree and shrub.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading _Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; Little used to lie down at the bidding of any man_.
