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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 After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
advanced
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From this reading As the season advanced, the weather, far from improving, grew worse.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
almost
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From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the season advanced, the weather, far from improving, grew worse.
atmosphere
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From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
burning
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From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
cold
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From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
covered
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From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
damp
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From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
darting
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From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
days
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From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything seemed to go wrong that year.
expanse
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From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
face
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From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
far
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From this reading As the season advanced, the weather, far from improving, grew worse.
foggy
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From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
frightful
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From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As the season advanced, the weather, far from improving, grew worse.
furious
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From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
go
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From this reading Everything seemed to go wrong that year.
grew
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From this reading As the season advanced, the weather, far from improving, grew worse.
heat
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From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
heaviness
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From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
improving
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From this reading As the season advanced, the weather, far from improving, grew worse.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
iron
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From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
kiln-hole
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From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
light
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From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
like
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From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
mists
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From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
one's
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From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
plates
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From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
pokers
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From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
rains
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From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
season
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From this reading As the season advanced, the weather, far from improving, grew worse.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything seemed to go wrong that year.
sheet
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From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
showed
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From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
sky
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From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
squalls
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From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
stirred
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From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
streaming
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From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
succeeded
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From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
sun
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From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Everything seemed to go wrong that year.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the season advanced, the weather, far from improving, grew worse.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Everything seemed to go wrong that year.
torrid
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From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
transition
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From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
two
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From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
weather
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From this reading As the season advanced, the weather, far from improving, grew worse.
white
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From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
white-hot
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From this reading As though stirred by furious pokers, the sun showed like a kiln-hole, darting a light almost white-hot, burning one's face.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading After the squalls and mists, the sky was covered with a white expanse of heat, like plates of sheet iron.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading In two days, without transition, a torrid heat, an atmosphere of frightful heaviness, succeeded the damp cold of foggy days and the streaming of the rains.
worse
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From this reading As the season advanced, the weather, far from improving, grew worse.
wrong
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From this reading Everything seemed to go wrong that year.
year
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From this reading Everything seemed to go wrong that year.
