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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 Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
ADVICE
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
Alison
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
almost
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
approached
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
BeyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
breaking
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From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
burned
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
came
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From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
charred
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From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
cleaner
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From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
clear
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
clods
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From this reading Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
crop
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
curiosity
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
drove
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
early
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
evening
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
Farther
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From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
following
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
foreground
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From this reading Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
friable
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From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
frost
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From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
generally
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
GIVES
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
glanced
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
grass
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From this reading Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
ground
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
homestead
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
Hunter
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
knee-high
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
land
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From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
late
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From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
latter
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
mellowed
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From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
more
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From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
off
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
out
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From this reading Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
prairie
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From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
previous
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From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
rose
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From this reading Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
rows
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From this reading Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
said
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
shattered
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From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
sight
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
skirtednounUS /ˈskirted/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
some
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
sowing
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From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
space
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From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
straw
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
stretch
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From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
stretched
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From this reading Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
stubble
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From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
tangle
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From this reading Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
then
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From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
THORNE
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From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
too
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From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
tussocks
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From this reading Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
value
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THORNE GIVES ADVICE It was early in the evening when they drove into sight of the Hunter homestead, and as they approached it Alison glanced about her with some curiosity.
withered
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From this reading Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground.
won
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From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
year
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From this reading Thorne told her that this was the breaking, land won from the prairie too late for sowing in the previous year.
yellow
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From this reading Beyond that, a waste of yellow straw stood almost knee-high, and Thorne said that as the latter had no value on the prairie it was generally burned off to clear the ground for the following crop.
