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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 Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The section of the wood above the path was closed against trespassers; among the copses below anyone might freely wander.
abruptly
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The section of the wood above the path was closed against trespassers; among the copses below anyone might freely wander.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The section of the wood above the path was closed against trespassers; among the copses below anyone might freely wander.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
anyonepronounUS /ˈeniwʌn/
any person at all
From this reading The section of the wood above the path was closed against trespassers; among the copses below anyone might freely wander.
arches
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
ascent
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From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
ash
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
bank
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The section of the wood above the path was closed against trespassers; among the copses below anyone might freely wander.
boughs
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
bramble
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
came
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
clad
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From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
closed
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From this reading The section of the wood above the path was closed against trespassers; among the copses below anyone might freely wander.
cool
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
copses
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From this reading The section of the wood above the path was closed against trespassers; among the copses below anyone might freely wander.
drooped
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
elsewhere
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
face
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
fern
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
foliage
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
freely
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From this reading The section of the wood above the path was closed against trespassers; among the copses below anyone might freely wander.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
golden
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
hazel-covered
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
hazels
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
high
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
hill
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From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
lawn
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
led
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
made
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From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
mid-day
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The section of the wood above the path was closed against trespassers; among the copses below anyone might freely wander.
mossy
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
New
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From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
path
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From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
places
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
possible
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
public
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From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
ramblers
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From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
rock
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
round
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
scarcely
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
section
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From this reading The section of the wood above the path was closed against trespassers; among the copses below anyone might freely wander.
shimmer
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
shoulder
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From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
side
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From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
sky
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
sloping
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
started
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
summer
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From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
tracks
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From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
transverse
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From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
trees
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From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
trespassers
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From this reading The section of the wood above the path was closed against trespassers; among the copses below anyone might freely wander.
turning
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From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
underwoodnounUS /ˈʌndərwʊd/
plants and bushes growing beneath taller trees
From this reading In places it was scarcely possible to make a way for fern, bramble, and underwood, but elsewhere mossy tracks led one among hazels or under arches of foliage which made of the mid-day sky a cool, golden shimmer.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading One such track, abruptly turning round a great rock over the face of which drooped the boughs of an ash, came upon a little sloping lawn, which started from a high hazel-covered bank.
used
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From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
valley
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From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
wander
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From this reading The section of the wood above the path was closed against trespassers; among the copses below anyone might freely wander.
Wanley
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From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
way
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From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
wood
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From this reading Through this wood a public path made transverse ascent to the shoulder of the hill, a way little used save by Wanley ramblers in summer time.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You remember that one side of the valley in which stood New Wanley was clad with trees.
