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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 was a new snow over the village.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading There were evergreens--Norway pines, spruces, and hemlocks--bordering the road along which Burr Gordon was coming.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Indeed, it had ceased to fall only at sunset, and it was now eight o'clock.
apparently
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From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Indeed, it had ceased to fall only at sunset, and it was now eight o'clock.
bent
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From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
bordering
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From this reading There were evergreens--Norway pines, spruces, and hemlocks--bordering the road along which Burr Gordon was coming.
branches
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From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
Burr
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From this reading There were evergreens--Norway pines, spruces, and hemlocks--bordering the road along which Burr Gordon was coming.
ceased
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From this reading Indeed, it had ceased to fall only at sunset, and it was now eight o'clock.
coming
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From this reading There were evergreens--Norway pines, spruces, and hemlocks--bordering the road along which Burr Gordon was coming.
eight
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From this reading Indeed, it had ceased to fall only at sunset, and it was now eight o'clock.
evergreen-trees
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From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
evergreens
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From this reading There were evergreens--Norway pines, spruces, and hemlocks--bordering the road along which Burr Gordon was coming.
evident
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From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
fall
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From this reading Indeed, it had ceased to fall only at sunset, and it was now eight o'clock.
fences
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From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
foam
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From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
Gordon
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From this reading There were evergreens--Norway pines, spruces, and hemlocks--bordering the road along which Burr Gordon was coming.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Indeed, it had ceased to fall only at sunset, and it was now eight o'clock.
heaped
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From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
hemlocks
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From this reading There were evergreens--Norway pines, spruces, and hemlocks--bordering the road along which Burr Gordon was coming.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
Indeed
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From this reading Indeed, it had ceased to fall only at sunset, and it was now eight o'clock.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Indeed, it had ceased to fall only at sunset, and it was now eight o'clock.
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
lightness
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From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
lost
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From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
low
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From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
new
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From this reading There was a new snow over the village.
Norway
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From this reading There were evergreens--Norway pines, spruces, and hemlocks--bordering the road along which Burr Gordon was coming.
now
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From this reading Indeed, it had ceased to fall only at sunset, and it was now eight o'clock.
o'clock
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From this reading Indeed, it had ceased to fall only at sunset, and it was now eight o'clock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
only
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From this reading Indeed, it had ceased to fall only at sunset, and it was now eight o'clock.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading There was a new snow over the village.
pines
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From this reading There were evergreens--Norway pines, spruces, and hemlocks--bordering the road along which Burr Gordon was coming.
road
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From this reading There were evergreens--Norway pines, spruces, and hemlocks--bordering the road along which Burr Gordon was coming.
roads
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From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
roofs
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From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
shagginess
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From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
sides
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From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
snow
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From this reading There was a new snow over the village.
spring
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From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
spruces
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From this reading There were evergreens--Norway pines, spruces, and hemlocks--bordering the road along which Burr Gordon was coming.
stone
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From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
sunset
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From this reading Indeed, it had ceased to fall only at sunset, and it was now eight o'clock.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a new snow over the village.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
There
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From this reading There was a new snow over the village.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Indeed, it had ceased to fall only at sunset, and it was now eight o'clock.
upward
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From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
village
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From this reading There was a new snow over the village.
walls
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From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a new snow over the village.
weight
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From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
white
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From this reading Its weight was evident only on the branches of the evergreen-trees, which were bent low in their white shagginess, and lost their upward spring.
windwardnounUS /ˈwindward/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs.
