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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 CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Winthrop sat in the cook-shed which was built against the back of the iron store-shack.
air
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From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
back
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From this reading Winthrop sat in the cook-shed which was built against the back of the iron store-shack.
beg
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From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
boys
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From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
built
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From this reading Winthrop sat in the cook-shed which was built against the back of the iron store-shack.
burning
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From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
clothes
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From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
cook
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From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
cook-shed
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From this reading Winthrop sat in the cook-shed which was built against the back of the iron store-shack.
coolness
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From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
CORPORAL
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From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
cotton
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From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
DEFEAT
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From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
dew-chilled
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From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
dipped
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From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
doorway
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From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
fire
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From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
flour-bag
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From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
front
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From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
gray-white
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From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
green
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From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
growing
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From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
horizon
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From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
invigorating
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From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
iron
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From this reading Winthrop sat in the cook-shed which was built against the back of the iron store-shack.
just
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From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
mending
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From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Winthrop sat in the cook-shed which was built against the back of the iron store-shack.
OutsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
prairie
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From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
quietly
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From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
ran
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From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
red
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From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
sat
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From this reading Winthrop sat in the cook-shed which was built against the back of the iron store-shack.
see
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From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
shadowy
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From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
shed
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From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
showed
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From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
sinking
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From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
SLANEY'S
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From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
somewhere
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From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
store-shack
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From this reading Winthrop sat in the cook-shed which was built against the back of the iron store-shack.
stove
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From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
stretch
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From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
sun
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From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
sweep
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From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
talking
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From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
there
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From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
transparency
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From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
twinkle
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From this reading The little shed, however, was growing shadowy, and a red twinkle showed through the front of the stove in which the sinking fire was still burning.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
use
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From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
vast
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From this reading Outside, as he could see through the doorway, the prairie ran back, a vast gray-white stretch, to the horizon, beneath as vast a sweep of green transparency.
waited
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From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Winthrop sat in the cook-shed which was built against the back of the iron store-shack.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
Winthrop
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From this reading Winthrop sat in the cook-shed which was built against the back of the iron store-shack.
wished
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From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The cook was somewhere outside talking with the boys, and Winthrop, who wished to beg a cotton flour-bag from him to use in mending his clothes, sat quietly smoking while he waited until he should come back.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT The sun had just dipped, and there was a wonderful invigorating coolness in the dew-chilled air.
