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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 There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Lucina raised her green and white muslin skirts above her embroidered petticoat, and set her little feet as lightly as a bird's.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The day was very warm--droning huskily with insects, and stirring lazily with limp leaves.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Lucina raised her green and white muslin skirts above her embroidered petticoat, and set her little feet as lightly as a bird's.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
aunt
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From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
bird's
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From this reading Lucina raised her green and white muslin skirts above her embroidered petticoat, and set her little feet as lightly as a bird's.
brim
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From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
Camilla's
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From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
carried
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From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
day
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From this reading The day was very warm--droning huskily with insects, and stirring lazily with limp leaves.
down
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From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
droning
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From this reading The day was very warm--droning huskily with insects, and stirring lazily with limp leaves.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
dust
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From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
embroidered
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From this reading Lucina raised her green and white muslin skirts above her embroidered petticoat, and set her little feet as lightly as a bird's.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
eyes
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From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
feet
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From this reading Lucina raised her green and white muslin skirts above her embroidered petticoat, and set her little feet as lightly as a bird's.
flapped
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From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
foot-fall
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From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
green
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From this reading Lucina raised her green and white muslin skirts above her embroidered petticoat, and set her little feet as lightly as a bird's.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
hat
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From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
high
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From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
huskily
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From this reading The day was very warm--droning huskily with insects, and stirring lazily with limp leaves.
insects
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From this reading The day was very warm--droning huskily with insects, and stirring lazily with limp leaves.
July
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From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
latter
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From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
lazily
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From this reading The day was very warm--droning huskily with insects, and stirring lazily with limp leaves.
leaves
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From this reading The day was very warm--droning huskily with insects, and stirring lazily with limp leaves.
lightly
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From this reading Lucina raised her green and white muslin skirts above her embroidered petticoat, and set her little feet as lightly as a bird's.
limp
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From this reading The day was very warm--droning huskily with insects, and stirring lazily with limp leaves.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lucina raised her green and white muslin skirts above her embroidered petticoat, and set her little feet as lightly as a bird's.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
low
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From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
Lucina
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From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
Merritt
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From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
muslin
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From this reading Lucina raised her green and white muslin skirts above her embroidered petticoat, and set her little feet as lightly as a bird's.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
parasol
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From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
petticoat
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From this reading Lucina raised her green and white muslin skirts above her embroidered petticoat, and set her little feet as lightly as a bird's.
rain
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From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
raised
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From this reading Lucina raised her green and white muslin skirts above her embroidered petticoat, and set her little feet as lightly as a bird's.
road
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From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
ruffled
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From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
set
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From this reading Lucina raised her green and white muslin skirts above her embroidered petticoat, and set her little feet as lightly as a bird's.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
shield
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From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
silk
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From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
skirts
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From this reading Lucina raised her green and white muslin skirts above her embroidered petticoat, and set her little feet as lightly as a bird's.
smoked
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From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
stirring
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From this reading The day was very warm--droning huskily with insects, and stirring lazily with limp leaves.
strolled
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From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
sun
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From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
Sunday
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From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
There
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From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One Sunday afternoon, during the latter part of July, Lucina Merritt strolled down the road to her aunt Camilla's.
very
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From this reading The day was very warm--droning huskily with insects, and stirring lazily with limp leaves.
warm
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From this reading The day was very warm--droning huskily with insects, and stirring lazily with limp leaves.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day was very warm--droning huskily with insects, and stirring lazily with limp leaves.
white
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From this reading There had been no rain for a long time, and the road smoked high with white dust at every foot-fall.
wide
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From this reading She carried a ruffled green silk parasol to shield herself from the sun, though her hat had a wide brim and flapped low over her eyes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The day was very warm--droning huskily with insects, and stirring lazily with limp leaves.
