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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 When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
arms
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From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
bent
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From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
blink
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From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
blue
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From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
came
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From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
carved
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From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
changed
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From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
clumsyadjectiveUS /ˈklʌmzi/
awkward in movement or handling things
From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
colour
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From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
darkening
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From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
earth's
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From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
evening
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From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
felt
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From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
figure
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From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
forth
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From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
garden
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From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
George
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From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
gradual
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From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
green
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From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
grey
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From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
Halkett's
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From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
Helen
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From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
hesitation
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From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
kind
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From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
kitchen
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From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
made
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From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
mistake
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From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
moor
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From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
moving
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From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
new
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From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
off
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From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
out
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From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
own
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From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
place
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From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
places
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From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
pride
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From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
proper
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From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
quickness
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From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
rock
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From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
round
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From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
said
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From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
sat
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From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
saw
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From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
set
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From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
shape
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From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
sky
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From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
softly
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From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
stare
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From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
stars
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From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
swung
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From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
then
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From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
there
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From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
watched
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From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When evening came, the blue colour of the sky had changed to one that was a memory of the earth's new green.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Helen went through the garden to the moor and sat there on a grey rock out of which her own grey figure might have been carved.
wide
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From this reading Out here, he was in his proper place: the kitchen made him clumsy, but wide places set him off, and she felt a kind of pride in his quickness and his strength.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
world
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From this reading She watched the stars blink forth and stare; she saw the gradual darkening of the world, and then Halkett's moving shape came towards her.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "George," she said softly as he would have passed her, and he swung round and bent and took her in his arms, without hesitation or mistake.
