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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 Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
abstracted
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From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
away
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From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
bare
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From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
black
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From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
came
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
closely
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From this reading I watched closely.
day
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From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
death
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From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
dismal
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
dwarfed
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
escape
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From this reading And the snow seemed to lay me bare to influences I wanted to escape.
faint
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
farms
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From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
fell
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From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
four
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
glow
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
Goyte
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From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
group
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
grove
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From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
half-buried
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From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
half-clear
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
hollow
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From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
influences
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From this reading And the snow seemed to lay me bare to influences I wanted to escape.
lay
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From this reading And the snow seemed to lay me bare to influences I wanted to escape.
light
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
like
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And the snow seemed to lay me bare to influences I wanted to escape.
motion
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
Mrs
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From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
near
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
o'clock
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
off
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From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
plume
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From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
roused
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
savage
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
see
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the snow seemed to lay me bare to influences I wanted to escape.
shrubs
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From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
snow
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From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
stirred
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From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
thorn-trees
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
Tible
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From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
tiny
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From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And the snow seemed to lay me bare to influences I wanted to escape.
uplands
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From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
valley
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From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
very
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
wanted
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From this reading And the snow seemed to lay me bare to influences I wanted to escape.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
watched
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From this reading I watched closely.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
white
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From this reading In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below, near where the thorn-trees stood very black and dwarfed, like a little savage group, in the dismal white.
whole
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From this reading Nothing stirred the whole day—no plume fell off the shrubs, the valley was as abstracted as a grove of death.
witch-like
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From this reading I looked over at the tiny, half-buried farms away on the bare uplands beyond the valley hollow, and I thought of Tible in the snow, of the black witch-like little Mrs. Goyte.
