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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 A corn-field in July is a sultry place.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
back
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
banners
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
bend
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From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
broad-flung
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
brother
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
comes
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
cool
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
corn
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
corn-field
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From this reading A corn-field in July is a sultry place.
corn-plough
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
corn-rows
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
dazzling
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
double-shovel
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
drawn
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
drops
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
dry
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
enough
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From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
eternally
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From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
faint
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
far
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From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
field
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
flood
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
Follow
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From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
forth
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
growing
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
handles
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
heat
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
holding
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
horse
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
hot
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
hunger
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
II
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From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
intense
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A corn-field in July is a sultry place.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
Julia
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
July
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From this reading A corn-field in July is a sultry place.
laden
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
laughs
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From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
lazily
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
leaves
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
light
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
more
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
murmuring
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
nearly
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
only
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
Otto
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
pass
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From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
Peterson
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
place
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From this reading A corn-field in July is a sultry place.
rapidly
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
river
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From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
rode
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
run
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
seem
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
shadows
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
shallows
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From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
sickening
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
smell
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
soil
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
steamingnounUS /ˈsteaming/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
sultry
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From this reading A corn-field in July is a sultry place.
sun
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
tolling
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From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
vertical
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From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
warm
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From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
water
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From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading II "Follow it far enough and it may pass the bend in the river where the water laughs eternally over its shallows."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light upon the field over which the cool shadows run, only to make the heat seem the more intense.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Julia Peterson, faint with hunger, was tolling back and forth between the corn-rows, holding the handles of the double-shovel corn-plough, while her little brother Otto rode the steaming horse.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The soil is hot and dry; the wind comes across the lazily murmuring leaves laden with a warm, sickening smell drawn from the rapidly growing, broad-flung banners of the corn.
