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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 The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
acolyte
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
air
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
All
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
astir
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
awaiting
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
beams
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From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
chiefly
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
church
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
congregation
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
crests
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
dispersingverbUS /dɪˈspɜːrsɪŋ/
spreading out or clearing away spreading out or clearing away from the air
From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
door
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
down
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From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
eastern
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
English
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From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
enjoyed
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From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
expedition
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From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
eyes
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From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
felt
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From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
fields
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
fringed
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
frosty
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
glad
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From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
glow
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
jagged
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
just
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
labors
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
lay
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From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
light
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
lingering
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
lit
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From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
made
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
MARTINO
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From this reading MARTINO.
mass
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
mountain
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From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
novel
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From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
out
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
Philip
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
priest
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
prospect
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From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
rocks
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
season
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From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
shining
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From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
soon
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From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
stepped
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
sun
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
taking
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From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
tingle
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
tourist
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From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
town
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
up
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From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
valley
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From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
veins
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From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
Very
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From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He enjoyed the prospect of this novel expedition, and felt glad that he was the first English tourist of the season.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
whole
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From this reading Very soon the sun was shining down on the mountain track they were taking, and the whole valley lay below their eyes, lit up in its beams.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The jagged crests of the eastern rocks were fringed with light from the sun still lingering behind them, when Philip stepped out into the frosty air of the morning, which made his veins tingle with a pleasant glow.
women
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From this reading All the town was astir already, and the priest, with an acolyte, was awaiting him at the church door, where mass was just over, and the congregation, chiefly of women, was dispersing to their labors in the fields.
