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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 The beautiful road stretching through the Post looked smooth as a white silk ribbon in the blazing sun.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
AroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Around the Post as far as the eye could reach the sun-baked prairies stretched, their sparse grasses burned to a cindery brown.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The beautiful road stretching through the Post looked smooth as a white silk ribbon in the blazing sun.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The vast aviation field at Fort Sill quivered in the grilling heat of mid-July.
aviation
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From this reading The vast aviation field at Fort Sill quivered in the grilling heat of mid-July.
beautiful
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From this reading The beautiful road stretching through the Post looked smooth as a white silk ribbon in the blazing sun.
blazing
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brown
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From this reading Around the Post as far as the eye could reach the sun-baked prairies stretched, their sparse grasses burned to a cindery brown.
burned
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From this reading Around the Post as far as the eye could reach the sun-baked prairies stretched, their sparse grasses burned to a cindery brown.
cindery
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From this reading Around the Post as far as the eye could reach the sun-baked prairies stretched, their sparse grasses burned to a cindery brown.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Around the Post as far as the eye could reach the sun-baked prairies stretched, their sparse grasses burned to a cindery brown.
eye
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From this reading Around the Post as far as the eye could reach the sun-baked prairies stretched, their sparse grasses burned to a cindery brown.
far
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field
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From this reading The vast aviation field at Fort Sill quivered in the grilling heat of mid-July.
Fort
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fresh
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From this reading The row of tall hangars glistened with fresh white paint.
glistened
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grasses
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grilling
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hangars
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heat
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From this reading The vast aviation field at Fort Sill quivered in the grilling heat of mid-July.
huts
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The vast aviation field at Fort Sill quivered in the grilling heat of mid-July.
laughed
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The beautiful road stretching through the Post looked smooth as a white silk ribbon in the blazing sun.
men
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
mess
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
mid-July
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From this reading The vast aviation field at Fort Sill quivered in the grilling heat of mid-July.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The vast aviation field at Fort Sill quivered in the grilling heat of mid-July.
officers
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
paint
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porches
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
Post
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From this reading The beautiful road stretching through the Post looked smooth as a white silk ribbon in the blazing sun.
prairies
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From this reading Around the Post as far as the eye could reach the sun-baked prairies stretched, their sparse grasses burned to a cindery brown.
profession
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
quarters
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
quivered
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From this reading The vast aviation field at Fort Sill quivered in the grilling heat of mid-July.
reach
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From this reading Around the Post as far as the eye could reach the sun-baked prairies stretched, their sparse grasses burned to a cindery brown.
ribbon
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road
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row
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safest
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
screened
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
silk
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Sill
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simplest
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
smooth
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From this reading The beautiful road stretching through the Post looked smooth as a white silk ribbon in the blazing sun.
sparse
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From this reading Around the Post as far as the eye could reach the sun-baked prairies stretched, their sparse grasses burned to a cindery brown.
stretched
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stretching
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From this reading The beautiful road stretching through the Post looked smooth as a white silk ribbon in the blazing sun.
sun
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sun-baked
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From this reading Around the Post as far as the eye could reach the sun-baked prairies stretched, their sparse grasses burned to a cindery brown.
talked
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
tall
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From this reading The row of tall hangars glistened with fresh white paint.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The vast aviation field at Fort Sill quivered in the grilling heat of mid-July.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The beautiful road stretching through the Post looked smooth as a white silk ribbon in the blazing sun.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Around the Post as far as the eye could reach the sun-baked prairies stretched, their sparse grasses burned to a cindery brown.
uniform
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
vast
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From this reading The vast aviation field at Fort Sill quivered in the grilling heat of mid-July.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
white
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From this reading The beautiful road stretching through the Post looked smooth as a white silk ribbon in the blazing sun.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The row of tall hangars glistened with fresh white paint.
world
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From this reading On the screened porches of the officers' quarters, at the mess, and at the huts men in uniform talked and laughed as though their profession was the simplest and safest in the world.
