Harding of Allenwood

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THE CASTING VOTE It was a bitter evening.

The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

Harding and Devine were on their way to attend a council meeting at the Grange.

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Harding of Allenwood

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Chapter 10 of Harding of Allenwood is here in full — 273 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/55 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

THE CASTING VOTE It was a bitter evening.

Line 2

The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

Line 3

The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

Line 4

A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

Line 5

Harding and Devine were on their way to attend a council meeting at the Grange.

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Above preposition US /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading “A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.”

Across preposition US /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.”

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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 CASTING VOTE It was a bitter evening.

aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Harding and Devine were on their way to attend a council meeting at the Grange.

attend

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From this reading Harding and Devine were on their way to attend a council meeting at the Grange.

bitter

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From this reading THE CASTING VOTE It was a bitter evening.

blue

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From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

breeze

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From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

bright

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

CASTING

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From this reading THE CASTING VOTE It was a bitter evening.

clouds

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From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

council

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From this reading Harding and Devine were on their way to attend a council meeting at the Grange.

crests

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From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

Devine

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From this reading Harding and Devine were on their way to attend a council meeting at the Grange.

domed

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

drove

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From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

dry

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From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

evening

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From this reading THE CASTING VOTE It was a bitter evening.

frost

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From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

glittered

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From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

Grange

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From this reading Harding and Devine were on their way to attend a council meeting at the Grange.

half

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

Harding

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From this reading Harding and Devine were on their way to attend a council meeting at the Grange.

harshly

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

hollows

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From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

horizon

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

hung

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading THE CASTING VOTE It was a bitter evening.

like

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From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

low

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

meeting

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From this reading Harding and Devine were on their way to attend a council meeting at the Grange.

moon

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

out

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From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

picked

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From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

pitiless

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From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

plain

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From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

prairie

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

rises

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From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

sharply

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From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

sky

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

snow

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From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

sprinkled

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

stars

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

steel

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From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

stretch

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

strong

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From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

swirls

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From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE CASTING VOTE It was a bitter evening.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Harding and Devine were on their way to attend a council meeting at the Grange.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Harding and Devine were on their way to attend a council meeting at the Grange.

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From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

vast

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

VOTE

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From this reading THE CASTING VOTE It was a bitter evening.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading THE CASTING VOTE It was a bitter evening.

way

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From this reading Harding and Devine were on their way to attend a council meeting at the Grange.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The snow on the crests of the rises glittered like steel; the hollows were sharply picked out in blue.

western

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From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

whipped

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From this reading The frost was pitiless, and a strong breeze whipped up clouds of dry snow and drove them in swirls across the plain.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading A half moon, harshly bright, hung low above the western horizon, and the vast stretch of sky that domed in the prairie was sprinkled with stars.

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