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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 NIGHT ALARM.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
ALARM
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From this reading A NIGHT ALARM.
almost
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clear, soft, balmy; the foliage glowing with its ruddy tints, the sky blue and beautiful.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
autumn
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From this reading It was the loveliest autumn I had ever remembered.
balmy
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From this reading Clear, soft, balmy; the foliage glowing with its ruddy tints, the sky blue and beautiful.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
beautiful
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From this reading Clear, soft, balmy; the foliage glowing with its ruddy tints, the sky blue and beautiful.
bit
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
blue
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From this reading Clear, soft, balmy; the foliage glowing with its ruddy tints, the sky blue and beautiful.
bright
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
Clear
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From this reading Clear, soft, balmy; the foliage glowing with its ruddy tints, the sky blue and beautiful.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the loveliest autumn I had ever remembered.
far-off
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
fire
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From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
flowers
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From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
foliage
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From this reading Clear, soft, balmy; the foliage glowing with its ruddy tints, the sky blue and beautiful.
ghost
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
glowingnounUS /ˈglowing/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Clear, soft, balmy; the foliage glowing with its ruddy tints, the sky blue and beautiful.
grate
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From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was the loveliest autumn I had ever remembered.
hand
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
haunting
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was the loveliest autumn I had ever remembered.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the loveliest autumn I had ever remembered.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Clear, soft, balmy; the foliage glowing with its ruddy tints, the sky blue and beautiful.
jessamine
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
lawn
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From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
looking
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
loveliest
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From this reading It was the loveliest autumn I had ever remembered.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
nearly
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
NIGHT
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From this reading A NIGHT ALARM.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
oak-parlour
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From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
pine-walk
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
remembered
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From this reading It was the loveliest autumn I had ever remembered.
reputation
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
ruddy
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From this reading Clear, soft, balmy; the foliage glowing with its ruddy tints, the sky blue and beautiful.
sat
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
sky
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From this reading Clear, soft, balmy; the foliage glowing with its ruddy tints, the sky blue and beautiful.
soft
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From this reading Clear, soft, balmy; the foliage glowing with its ruddy tints, the sky blue and beautiful.
sprays
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
sweet
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From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the loveliest autumn I had ever remembered.
There
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From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
thrown
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From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
tints
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From this reading Clear, soft, balmy; the foliage glowing with its ruddy tints, the sky blue and beautiful.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
touching
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the loveliest autumn I had ever remembered.
window
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From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Clear, soft, balmy; the foliage glowing with its ruddy tints, the sky blue and beautiful.
work
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From this reading One afternoon I sat there, a bit of work in my hand, the sprays of jessamine nearly touching me, and the far-off pine-walk looking almost as bright as though no ghost had the reputation of haunting it.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There would be a fire in the grate of the oak-parlour, and the window thrown open to the lawn and the scent of the sweet flowers.
