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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 TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
alkali
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
back
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
blowing
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
boisterous
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From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The street was not paved, and the soil was deeply ploughed by wheels.
castles
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
clouds
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From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
color
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
cut
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From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
dark
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
deeply
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From this reading The street was not paved, and the soil was deeply ploughed by wheels.
distance
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
dried
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
drove
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
dust
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
edge
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From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
elevators
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
frontedverbUS /ˈfrʌntɪd/
stood facing someone or something
From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
grain
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
grass
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
group
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From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
high
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From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
horizon
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
houses
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
lake
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
larger
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From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
level
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From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
like
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
marked
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
melted
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From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The street was not paved, and the soil was deeply ploughed by wheels.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
parched
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
paved
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From this reading The street was not paved, and the soil was deeply ploughed by wheels.
plain
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From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
ploughed
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From this reading The street was not paved, and the soil was deeply ploughed by wheels.
posts
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From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
railroad
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
ran
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
rolled
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From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
rose
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
round
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From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
row
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
sky
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From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
soil
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From this reading The street was not paved, and the soil was deeply ploughed by wheels.
spot
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From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
stores
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
streak
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
street
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From this reading The street was not paved, and the soil was deeply ploughed by wheels.
swept
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From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
telegraph
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From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
TEST
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From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
three
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
tops
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From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
vanished
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From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
wheels
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From this reading The street was not paved, and the soil was deeply ploughed by wheels.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The telegraph posts along the track melted into the level waste, and behind the spot where they vanished the tops of a larger group of elevators cut the edge of the plain.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
white
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From this reading The grass that ran back from the horizon was parched, and in the distance a white streak of blowing dust marked a dried alkali lake.
white-edged
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From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE TEST A boisterous wind swept the high plain and round, white-edged clouds rolled across the sky.
wooden
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From this reading Dust of dark color drove along the row of wooden stores and houses that fronted the railroad track, across which three grain elevators rose like castles.
