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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 A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
autumn
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
became
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From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
beeches
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
blue-black
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
BOOK
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broke
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
brown
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
chill
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
combined
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
continuous
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
daily
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From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
dashed
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From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
departed
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From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
dessicated
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
dingy
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
downpour
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From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
drizzle
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
drought
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
drowning
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
fell
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
firs
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
flower-garden
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From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
followed
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
forced
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
glory
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From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
gray
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
habit
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
heather
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
initial
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From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
JOANNA
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
lament
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
lawns
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From this reading Water stood in pools on the lawns.
Leaves
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
LOCKED
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
lowering
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
misty
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
more
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From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
night
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
notes
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Water stood in pools on the lawns.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
opening
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
out
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
PASSAGES
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
perching
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
perpetual
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
pines
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
pink
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
plaintively
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
pools
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From this reading Water stood in pools on the lawns.
posts
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
practised
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
rain
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
robin
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
rusted
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
scourging
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
sensibly
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From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
showers
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
skies
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
SMYRTHWAITE'S
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
soaking
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
sodden
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From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
SOME
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
song
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
spires
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Water stood in pools on the lawns.
summer
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
sun-scorch
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
sweet
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
tennis-net
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From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Leaves, dessicated by the continuous sun-scorch, fell in dingy brown showers from the beeches; and a robin, perching upon one of the posts of the tennis-net, practised the opening, plaintively sweet notes of his autumn song.
very
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From this reading The flower-garden, dashed by the initial downpour, became daily more sodden, its glory very sensibly departed.
violence
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From this reading SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK The long drought broke at last in an afternoon and night of thunder and scourging violence of rain, drowning out summer.
Water
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From this reading Water stood in pools on the lawns.
weather
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
week
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
westerly
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
winter
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
woodland
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From this reading A week of chill westerly weather followed, lowering gray skies, a perpetual lament of wind through the great woodland, combined with a soaking, misty drizzle which forced the firs and pines into their blue-black winter habit and rusted the pink spires of the heather.
