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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 Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
acridadjectiveUS /ˈæk.rɪd/
Having an unpleasantly bitter or pungent taste or smell.
From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The green shutters of the French windows were thrown back, and a girl appeared in the space between.
appeared
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From this reading The green shutters of the French windows were thrown back, and a girl appeared in the space between.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
back
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From this reading The green shutters of the French windows were thrown back, and a girl appeared in the space between.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The green shutters of the French windows were thrown back, and a girl appeared in the space between.
bird
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From this reading She poised herself on the threshold of the window, with a little swaying motion like that of a bird upon a twig.
branch
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From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
burning
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
colouring
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
croaked
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
de
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
dwellings
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
Early
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
eucalyptus-wood
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
figure
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
floated
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
foliage
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
fragrant
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
French
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From this reading The green shutters of the French windows were thrown back, and a girl appeared in the space between.
frogs
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
front
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From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
gave
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
gipsy
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
girl
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From this reading The green shutters of the French windows were thrown back, and a girl appeared in the space between.
green
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From this reading The green shutters of the French windows were thrown back, and a girl appeared in the space between.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
head
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From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
hearts
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She poised herself on the threshold of the window, with a little swaying motion like that of a bird upon a twig.
holding
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From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
hotel
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
like
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From this reading She poised herself on the threshold of the window, with a little swaying motion like that of a bird upon a twig.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She poised herself on the threshold of the window, with a little swaying motion like that of a bird upon a twig.
Menton
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
motion
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From this reading She poised herself on the threshold of the window, with a little swaying motion like that of a bird upon a twig.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
orange
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
pale
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
petals
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
poised
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From this reading She poised herself on the threshold of the window, with a little swaying motion like that of a bird upon a twig.
reflected
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
roses
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From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
ruddy-stemmed
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
shutters
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From this reading The green shutters of the French windows were thrown back, and a girl appeared in the space between.
side
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From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
slightly
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From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
smoke
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
space
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From this reading The green shutters of the French windows were thrown back, and a girl appeared in the space between.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
suggestion
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
sunlight
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
swaying
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From this reading She poised herself on the threshold of the window, with a little swaying motion like that of a bird upon a twig.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
threshold
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From this reading She poised herself on the threshold of the window, with a little swaying motion like that of a bird upon a twig.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
thrown
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From this reading The green shutters of the French windows were thrown back, and a girl appeared in the space between.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
twig
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From this reading She poised herself on the threshold of the window, with a little swaying motion like that of a bird upon a twig.
twisted
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
unkempt
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
up
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She poised herself on the threshold of the window, with a little swaying motion like that of a bird upon a twig.
Val
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The green shutters of the French windows were thrown back, and a girl appeared in the space between.
whiff
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From this reading Early frogs croaked in the _Val de Menton_, a fragrant acrid whiff of smoke from burning eucalyptus-wood floated up from the unkempt dwellings behind the hotel.
window
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From this reading She poised herself on the threshold of the window, with a little swaying motion like that of a bird upon a twig.
windows
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From this reading The green shutters of the French windows were thrown back, and a girl appeared in the space between.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She stood with her head slightly on one side, her hands in front of her, holding in them a branch of roses.
yellow
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From this reading As she twisted them to this side, and that, they reflected the sunlight through their pale yellow petals, hearts of orange, and ruddy-stemmed foliage, and gave a suggestion of gipsy colouring to her figure.
