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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 Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Amanda Pratt's cottage-house was raised upon two banks above the road-level.
Amanda
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From this reading Amanda Pratt's cottage-house was raised upon two banks above the road-level.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The house was white, and the front door was dark green, with an old-fashioned knocker in the centre.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
banks
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From this reading Amanda Pratt's cottage-house was raised upon two banks above the road-level.
bordered
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From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
centre
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From this reading The house was white, and the front door was dark green, with an old-fashioned knocker in the centre.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had come up every spring since Amanda could remember.
cottage-house
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From this reading Amanda Pratt's cottage-house was raised upon two banks above the road-level.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It had come up every spring since Amanda could remember.
dark
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From this reading The house was white, and the front door was dark green, with an old-fashioned knocker in the centre.
door
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From this reading The house was white, and the front door was dark green, with an old-fashioned knocker in the centre.
door-step
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From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
down
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From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It had come up every spring since Amanda could remember.
front
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From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
green
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From this reading The house was white, and the front door was dark green, with an old-fashioned knocker in the centre.
grew
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From this reading Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had come up every spring since Amanda could remember.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
house
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From this reading The house was white, and the front door was dark green, with an old-fashioned knocker in the centre.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The house was white, and the front door was dark green, with an old-fashioned knocker in the centre.
irregular
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From this reading Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had come up every spring since Amanda could remember.
knocker
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From this reading The house was white, and the front door was dark green, with an old-fashioned knocker in the centre.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
milky-stemmed
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From this reading Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
old-fashioned
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From this reading The house was white, and the front door was dark green, with an old-fashioned knocker in the centre.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
patches
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From this reading Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
path
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From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
pink-lined
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From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
plant
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From this reading Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
Pratt's
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From this reading Amanda Pratt's cottage-house was raised upon two banks above the road-level.
raised
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From this reading Amanda Pratt's cottage-house was raised upon two banks above the road-level.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading It had come up every spring since Amanda could remember.
road
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From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
road-level
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From this reading Amanda Pratt's cottage-house was raised upon two banks above the road-level.
shell
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From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
shells
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From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
showed
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From this reading Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
side
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From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading It had come up every spring since Amanda could remember.
smaller
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From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
spring
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From this reading It had come up every spring since Amanda could remember.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Amanda Pratt's cottage-house was raised upon two banks above the road-level.
there
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From this reading Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
two
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From this reading Amanda Pratt's cottage-house was raised upon two banks above the road-level.
up
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From this reading It had come up every spring since Amanda could remember.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Amanda Pratt's cottage-house was raised upon two banks above the road-level.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Amanda Pratt's cottage-house was raised upon two banks above the road-level.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
white
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From this reading The house was white, and the front door was dark green, with an old-fashioned knocker in the centre.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was a great pink-lined shell on each side of the front door-step, and the path down over the banks to the road was bordered with smaller shells.
yellow-green
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From this reading Here and there the banks showed irregular patches of yellow-green, where a little milky-stemmed plant grew.
