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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 ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
able
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From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There had been a frost during the night and in shaded places it still glistened.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As it was, he whistled instead.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been a frost during the night and in shaded places it still glistened.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
bricks
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From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
clay
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From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
crumbling
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From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading There had been a frost during the night and in shaded places it still glistened.
ELDREDGE
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
feet
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
frost
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From this reading There had been a frost during the night and in shaded places it still glistened.
glistened
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From this reading There had been a frost during the night and in shaded places it still glistened.
grassy
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There had been a frost during the night and in shaded places it still glistened.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
ice
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From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There had been a frost during the night and in shaded places it still glistened.
induced
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From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
instead
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From this reading As it was, he whistled instead.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There had been a frost during the night and in shaded places it still glistened.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
Joe
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
Joe's
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From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
lane
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
leaves
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
leisurely
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
lips
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From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
littered
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
made
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
making
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From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
night
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From this reading There had been a frost during the night and in shaded places it still glistened.
note
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From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
old
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From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
path
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
piles
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From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
pits
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From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
places
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From this reading There had been a frost during the night and in shaded places it still glistened.
put
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From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
quickly
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From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
REJECTS
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
rustling
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
saw
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From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
shaded
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From this reading There had been a frost during the night and in shaded places it still glistened.
shed
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From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
sing
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From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
skim
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From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
song
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From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been a frost during the night and in shaded places it still glistened.
SUBSTITUTE
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
There
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From this reading There had been a frost during the night and in shaded places it still glistened.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
tumbledown
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From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
water
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From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
way
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From this reading ELDREDGE REJECTS A SUBSTITUTE Joe made his leisurely way along the lane, his feet rustling the leaves that littered the grassy path.
well-being
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From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
whistled
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From this reading As it was, he whistled instead.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When he had left the lane and was making his way between the old tumbledown shed with its piles of crumbling bricks and one of the clay pits he saw that there was a skim of ice on the water below him.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was a morning that induced a fine feeling of well-being, that made the blood course quickly and would have put a song on Joe's lips had he been able to sing a note.
