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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 CONCLUSION It was a white Yule-tide that year.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In an hour my tracks were covered.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
bells
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
carefully
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From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
Christmas
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From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
circuitously
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From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
CONCLUSION
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From this reading CONCLUSION It was a white Yule-tide that year.
covered
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From this reading In an hour my tracks were covered.
crept
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From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
deposited
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From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
door
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From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
early
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From this reading And next morning, when I woke early, snow was still falling.
effigies
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
Eve
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From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
falling
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From this reading And next morning, when I woke early, snow was still falling.
fashion
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
figures
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
gifts
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From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
harness
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
hour
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From this reading In an hour my tracks were covered.
house
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From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading CONCLUSION It was a white Yule-tide that year.
jingle
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
Late
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From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
like
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
looking
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
mingling
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And next morning, when I woke early, snow was still falling.
muffled
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In an hour my tracks were covered.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
parcel
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From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
porch
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From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
radiance
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
reflecting
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
riders
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
Sleighs
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
snow
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
stealthy
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And next morning, when I woke early, snow was still falling.
strangelynounUS /ˈstrangely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
stuffed
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From this reading Sleighs passed, in the stealthy fashion of sleighs, the jingle of harness and bells mingling, the muffled figures of the riders looking strangely like stuffed effigies in the white radiance of the reflecting snow.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading CONCLUSION It was a white Yule-tide that year.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
tracks
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From this reading In an hour my tracks were covered.
up
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From this reading Late on Christmas Eve I crept carefully and circuitously up to the house next door and deposited our little parcel of gifts in the shadow of the porch.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CONCLUSION It was a white Yule-tide that year.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In an hour my tracks were covered.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And next morning, when I woke early, snow was still falling.
white
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From this reading CONCLUSION It was a white Yule-tide that year.
woke
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From this reading And next morning, when I woke early, snow was still falling.
year
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From this reading CONCLUSION It was a white Yule-tide that year.
Yule-tide
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From this reading CONCLUSION It was a white Yule-tide that year.
