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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 Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
air
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
also
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From this reading She could smell the sea, and also the pines in the yard.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
bent
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From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The next morning Lois sat on the front door-step of the Maxwell house, between the pillars of the porch.
blue
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
clouds
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
coast
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From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She could smell the sea, and also the pines in the yard.
cup
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From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
distance
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
door-step
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From this reading The next morning Lois sat on the front door-step of the Maxwell house, between the pillars of the porch.
elbows
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From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
Elliot
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From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
face
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From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
front
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From this reading The next morning Lois sat on the front door-step of the Maxwell house, between the pillars of the porch.
full
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
horizon
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
house
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From this reading The next morning Lois sat on the front door-step of the Maxwell house, between the pillars of the porch.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
knees
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From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
leaning
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From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
level
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
like
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
Lois
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From this reading The next morning Lois sat on the front door-step of the Maxwell house, between the pillars of the porch.
making
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From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
Maxwell
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From this reading The next morning Lois sat on the front door-step of the Maxwell house, between the pillars of the porch.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning Lois sat on the front door-step of the Maxwell house, between the pillars of the porch.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning Lois sat on the front door-step of the Maxwell house, between the pillars of the porch.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
only
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From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
out-reaching
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
pervaded
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From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
pillars
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From this reading The next morning Lois sat on the front door-step of the Maxwell house, between the pillars of the porch.
pines
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From this reading She could smell the sea, and also the pines in the yard.
porch
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From this reading The next morning Lois sat on the front door-step of the Maxwell house, between the pillars of the porch.
rested
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From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
sails
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
salt
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
sat
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From this reading The next morning Lois sat on the front door-step of the Maxwell house, between the pillars of the porch.
sea
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From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
sky
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
smell
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From this reading She could smell the sea, and also the pines in the yard.
sometimes
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From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
spirit
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From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
stand
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
very
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From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
vigor
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
water
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
way
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From this reading Elliot was only a little way from the coast, and sometimes seemed to be pervaded by the very spirit of the sea.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She bent over, leaning her elbows on her knees, making a cup of her hands, in which she rested her little face.
white
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From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The air would be full of salt vigor, the horizon sky take on the level, out-reaching blue of a water distance, and the clouds stand one way like white sails.
yard
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From this reading She could smell the sea, and also the pines in the yard.
