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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 She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
ago
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From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
almost
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From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
bank
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From this reading On the horizon was the sea bank, with its long line of poles, and the wires connecting the coastguard stations.
bed
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From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
boats
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From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
Caynsard
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From this reading Jeanne was sitting in the garden of the Caynsard farm.
coastguard
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From this reading On the horizon was the sea bank, with its long line of poles, and the wires connecting the coastguard stations.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
connecting
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From this reading On the horizon was the sea bank, with its long line of poles, and the wires connecting the coastguard stations.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
excitement
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From this reading The excitement of the last twenty-four hours had left her languid.
eyes
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From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
farm
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From this reading Jeanne was sitting in the garden of the Caynsard farm.
few
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From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
fishing
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From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
garden
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From this reading Jeanne was sitting in the garden of the Caynsard farm.
gliding
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From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The excitement of the last twenty-four hours had left her languid.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The excitement of the last twenty-four hours had left her languid.
horizon
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From this reading On the horizon was the sea bank, with its long line of poles, and the wires connecting the coastguard stations.
hours
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From this reading The excitement of the last twenty-four hours had left her languid.
idle
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From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jeanne was sitting in the garden of the Caynsard farm.
incoming
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From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
indifferent
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From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
inert
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From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading On the horizon was the sea bank, with its long line of poles, and the wires connecting the coastguard stations.
Jeanne
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From this reading Jeanne was sitting in the garden of the Caynsard farm.
languid
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From this reading The excitement of the last twenty-four hours had left her languid.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The excitement of the last twenty-four hours had left her languid.
lay
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From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The excitement of the last twenty-four hours had left her languid.
line
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From this reading On the horizon was the sea bank, with its long line of poles, and the wires connecting the coastguard stations.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the horizon was the sea bank, with its long line of poles, and the wires connecting the coastguard stations.
marshes
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From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
mud
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From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Jeanne was sitting in the garden of the Caynsard farm.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the horizon was the sea bank, with its long line of poles, and the wires connecting the coastguard stations.
once
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From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
poles
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From this reading On the horizon was the sea bank, with its long line of poles, and the wires connecting the coastguard stations.
riven
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From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
saw
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From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
sea
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From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
sitting
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From this reading Jeanne was sitting in the garden of the Caynsard farm.
stations
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From this reading On the horizon was the sea bank, with its long line of poles, and the wires connecting the coastguard stations.
stretch
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From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jeanne was sitting in the garden of the Caynsard farm.
things
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From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
tortuous
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From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
twenty-four
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From this reading The excitement of the last twenty-four hours had left her languid.
up
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From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jeanne was sitting in the garden of the Caynsard farm.
watched
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From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
water-ways
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From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She saw the fishing boats that a few hours ago were dead inert things upon a bed of mud, come gliding up the tortuous water-ways.
wires
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From this reading On the horizon was the sea bank, with its long line of poles, and the wires connecting the coastguard stations.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading For once she lay and watched with idle, almost with indifferent eyes, the great stretch of marshes riven with the incoming sea.
