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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 SLIP OF THE AXE Mr. Thompson gradually became aware of a change in the season.
accomplished
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From this reading He had not accomplished much.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
atmosphere
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
aware
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From this reading A SLIP OF THE AXE Mr. Thompson gradually became aware of a change in the season.
AXE
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From this reading A SLIP OF THE AXE Mr. Thompson gradually became aware of a change in the season.
beauty
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
became
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From this reading A SLIP OF THE AXE Mr. Thompson gradually became aware of a change in the season.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
calendar
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From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
change
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From this reading A SLIP OF THE AXE Mr. Thompson gradually became aware of a change in the season.
conscious
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
cool
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
day
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From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
days
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
deal
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From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
duplicate
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From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
elapsed
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From this reading He took serious stock of elapsed time then, and found to his surprise that it was September the fifteenth.
escaped
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From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
fifteenth
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From this reading He took serious stock of elapsed time then, and found to his surprise that it was September the fifteenth.
flitting
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From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took serious stock of elapsed time then, and found to his surprise that it was September the fifteenth.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
gradually
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From this reading A SLIP OF THE AXE Mr. Thompson gradually became aware of a change in the season.
grew
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
hazyadjectiveUS /ˈheɪzi/
unclear or blurred, especially from drink
From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A SLIP OF THE AXE Mr. Thompson gradually became aware of a change in the season.
Indian
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He took serious stock of elapsed time then, and found to his surprise that it was September the fifteenth.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
lost
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From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
makes
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
mellow
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
more
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
Mr
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From this reading A SLIP OF THE AXE Mr. Thompson gradually became aware of a change in the season.
much
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From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
North
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had not accomplished much.
notice
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From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A SLIP OF THE AXE Mr. Thompson gradually became aware of a change in the season.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
partly
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From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
period
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
rare
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
season
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From this reading A SLIP OF THE AXE Mr. Thompson gradually became aware of a change in the season.
September
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From this reading He took serious stock of elapsed time then, and found to his surprise that it was September the fifteenth.
serious
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From this reading He took serious stock of elapsed time then, and found to his surprise that it was September the fifteenth.
shade
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
shorter
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
significance
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From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
SLIP
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From this reading A SLIP OF THE AXE Mr. Thompson gradually became aware of a change in the season.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
stillness
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
stock
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From this reading He took serious stock of elapsed time then, and found to his surprise that it was September the fifteenth.
Summer
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
surprise
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From this reading He took serious stock of elapsed time then, and found to his surprise that it was September the fifteenth.
taking
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From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SLIP OF THE AXE Mr. Thompson gradually became aware of a change in the season.
then
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From this reading He took serious stock of elapsed time then, and found to his surprise that it was September the fifteenth.
there
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From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
Thompson
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From this reading A SLIP OF THE AXE Mr. Thompson gradually became aware of a change in the season.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He took serious stock of elapsed time then, and found to his surprise that it was September the fifteenth.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took serious stock of elapsed time then, and found to his surprise that it was September the fifteenth.
up
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From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The calendar lost a good deal of its significance up there, partly because he had no calendar and partly because one day was so much a duplicate of another that the flitting of time escaped his notice.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But he became conscious that the days grew shorter, the nights a shade more cool, and that the atmosphere was taking on that hazy, mellow stillness which makes Indian Summer a period of rare beauty in the North.
