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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 This was a crop year, and even upon the rocky land of the D. D. D. the grain pushed up resistlessly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The ripening grain gleamed in the sunlight, golden as her own thick braids.
braids
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From this reading The ripening grain gleamed in the sunlight, golden as her own thick braids.
breeze
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From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
brothers
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From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
clasped
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From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
crop
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From this reading This was a crop year, and even upon the rocky land of the D. D. D. the grain pushed up resistlessly.
D
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From this reading This was a crop year, and even upon the rocky land of the D. D. D. the grain pushed up resistlessly.
Day
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From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was a crop year, and even upon the rocky land of the D. D. D. the grain pushed up resistlessly.
felt
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From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
field
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From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
fields
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From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
gleamed
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From this reading The ripening grain gleamed in the sunlight, golden as her own thick braids.
golden
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From this reading The ripening grain gleamed in the sunlight, golden as her own thick braids.
grain
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From this reading The ripening grain gleamed in the sunlight, golden as her own thick braids.
gratification
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From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
heavily
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From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
labor
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From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
laden
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From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
land
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From this reading This was a crop year, and even upon the rocky land of the D. D. D. the grain pushed up resistlessly.
lap
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From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
largely
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From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
listlessly
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From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
loosely
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moved
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From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
Nettie
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From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
out
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From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
own
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From this reading The ripening grain gleamed in the sunlight, golden as her own thick braids.
pride
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From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
pushed
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From this reading This was a crop year, and even upon the rocky land of the D. D. D. the grain pushed up resistlessly.
represented
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From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
resistlessly
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From this reading This was a crop year, and even upon the rocky land of the D. D. D. the grain pushed up resistlessly.
ripening
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From this reading The ripening grain gleamed in the sunlight, golden as her own thick braids.
ripple
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From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
rocky
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From this reading This was a crop year, and even upon the rocky land of the D. D. D. the grain pushed up resistlessly.
sat
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From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
sense
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From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
shack
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From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
single
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From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
stalks
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From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
stir
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From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
sunlight
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From this reading The ripening grain gleamed in the sunlight, golden as her own thick braids.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nettie sat listlessly on the single step of the Day shack, her hands loosely clasped in her lap.
thick
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From this reading The ripening grain gleamed in the sunlight, golden as her own thick braids.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was a crop year, and even upon the rocky land of the D. D. D. the grain pushed up resistlessly.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The field seemed to ripple and stir under the breeze that moved over the heavily laden stalks.
up
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From this reading This was a crop year, and even upon the rocky land of the D. D. D. the grain pushed up resistlessly.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading This was a crop year, and even upon the rocky land of the D. D. D. the grain pushed up resistlessly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was a crop year, and even upon the rocky land of the D. D. D. the grain pushed up resistlessly.
waving
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From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
year
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From this reading This was a crop year, and even upon the rocky land of the D. D. D. the grain pushed up resistlessly.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet as she looked out upon those waving fields, which represented largely the labor of her own and her brothers' hands, Nettie felt no sense of gratification or pride.
