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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 The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
air
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From this reading Through the perfume of orange trees a floating smoke-wrack of burning wood spent itself upon the warm air.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
away
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
burning
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From this reading Through the perfume of orange trees a floating smoke-wrack of burning wood spent itself upon the warm air.
Carlo
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
chance
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
Chien
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
clear-cut
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From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
closely
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
clouds
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
coiled
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
crimson
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
darkness
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
du
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
edges
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From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
Esterelles
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
Far
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
fire
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
flare
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
floating
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From this reading Through the perfume of orange trees a floating smoke-wrack of burning wood spent itself upon the warm air.
forest-growth
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
glory
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From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
growing
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
halo
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
heavy
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
highest
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
inland
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Through the perfume of orange trees a floating smoke-wrack of burning wood spent itself upon the warm air.
leaving
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From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
light
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From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
lights
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
like
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
lingered
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
Masses
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
Monte
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
mountain
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From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
orange
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From this reading Through the perfume of orange trees a floating smoke-wrack of burning wood spent itself upon the warm air.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
pale
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From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
peaks
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
perfume
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From this reading Through the perfume of orange trees a floating smoke-wrack of burning wood spent itself upon the warm air.
pure
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
purple
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
raged
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
range
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From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
remote
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
ring
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
sank
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From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
showed
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
silver
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
silver-green
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From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
single
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
smoke-wrack
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From this reading Through the perfume of orange trees a floating smoke-wrack of burning wood spent itself upon the warm air.
smoky
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
some
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
spent
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From this reading Through the perfume of orange trees a floating smoke-wrack of burning wood spent itself upon the warm air.
spirit
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
splash
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
star
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
sun
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From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sun sank, leaving a pale glory of silver-green light over the clear-cut edges of the mountain range.
threatened
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
trees
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From this reading Through the perfume of orange trees a floating smoke-wrack of burning wood spent itself upon the warm air.
trembled
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
twinkled
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
Tête
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From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
unchecked
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading One little star trembled like a pure spirit above the highest peaks, and under the Tête du Chien the closely coiled ring of lights at Monte Carlo twinkled through the growing darkness.
up
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Through the perfume of orange trees a floating smoke-wrack of burning wood spent itself upon the warm air.
valley
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From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
warm
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From this reading Through the perfume of orange trees a floating smoke-wrack of burning wood spent itself upon the warm air.
west
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Far away, up an inland valley, a single splash of crimson light showed where some chance fire raged unchecked among the mountain forest-growth.
wood
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From this reading Through the perfume of orange trees a floating smoke-wrack of burning wood spent itself upon the warm air.
yellow
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From this reading Masses of heavy, purple clouds threatened the silver halo, and in the remote west, a smoky, yellow flare lingered over the Esterelles.
