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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 Her journey would take a night and part of a day.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
all
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From this reading The sky was gray; the bare trees were gray: all life looked gray and hopeless to Mercy.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her journey would take a night and part of a day.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
banks
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
bare
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From this reading The sky was gray; the bare trees were gray: all life looked gray and hopeless to Mercy.
conflicting
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From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
dark
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
dawned
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From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
day
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From this reading Her journey would take a night and part of a day.
discolored
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
dreary
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
edges
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
familiar
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From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
fears
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From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
fences
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
fields
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
gray
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From this reading The sky was gray; the bare trees were gray: all life looked gray and hopeless to Mercy.
heart
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From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
hopeless
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From this reading The sky was gray; the bare trees were gray: all life looked gray and hopeless to Mercy.
hopes
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From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
hours
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From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
ice
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Her journey would take a night and part of a day.
landscape
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sky was gray; the bare trees were gray: all life looked gray and hopeless to Mercy.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sky was gray; the bare trees were gray: all life looked gray and hopeless to Mercy.
lying
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
Mercy
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From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
narrow
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
near
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From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
night
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From this reading Her journey would take a night and part of a day.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
old
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From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her journey would take a night and part of a day.
Penfield
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From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
pools
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
receipt
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From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
rims
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
scenes
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From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
six
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From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
sky
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From this reading The sky was gray; the bare trees were gray: all life looked gray and hopeless to Mercy.
snow
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
sodden
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
streams
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her journey would take a night and part of a day.
telegram
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From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
trees
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From this reading The sky was gray; the bare trees were gray: all life looked gray and hopeless to Mercy.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
way
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From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
whole
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From this reading The whole landscape was dreary: the fields were dark and sodden, with narrow banks of discolored snow lying under the fences, and thin rims of ice along the edges of the streams and pools.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
WithinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Within six hours after the receipt of this telegram, Mercy was on her way to Penfield.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Her journey would take a night and part of a day.
wrung
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From this reading As the morning dawned, and she drew near the old familiar scenes, her heart was wrung with conflicting memories and hopes and fears.
