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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 FROM THE BEGINNING A woman stood, in the midst of a salt wilderness, gazing seaward.
AboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
almost
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From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
AroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
barely
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From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
BEGINNING
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From this reading FROM THE BEGINNING A woman stood, in the midst of a salt wilderness, gazing seaward.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
breaking
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From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
broken
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
cliffs
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
cloud
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
country
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
desolation
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From this reading The whole outlook was typical of intense desolation.
drifted
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
effort
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From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
feebly
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
feet
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From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
few
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
flat
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
form
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM THE BEGINNING A woman stood, in the midst of a salt wilderness, gazing seaward.
gazing
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From this reading FROM THE BEGINNING A woman stood, in the midst of a salt wilderness, gazing seaward.
grass
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
grey
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FROM THE BEGINNING A woman stood, in the midst of a salt wilderness, gazing seaward.
intense
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From this reading The whole outlook was typical of intense desolation.
land
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
left
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
line
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
little
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
long
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
low
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
marshy
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
midst
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From this reading FROM THE BEGINNING A woman stood, in the midst of a salt wilderness, gazing seaward.
minutes
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
mist
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
moist
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From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FROM THE BEGINNING A woman stood, in the midst of a salt wilderness, gazing seaward.
only
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
outlook
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From this reading The whole outlook was typical of intense desolation.
pools
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
rain
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
ripples
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From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
rising
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
rocks
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
rolled
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From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
salt
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From this reading FROM THE BEGINNING A woman stood, in the midst of a salt wilderness, gazing seaward.
sand
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
scarcely
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From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
sea
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
seaward
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From this reading FROM THE BEGINNING A woman stood, in the midst of a salt wilderness, gazing seaward.
seaweed-stained
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
settled
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
sky
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
softly
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
sprouted
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading FROM THE BEGINNING A woman stood, in the midst of a salt wilderness, gazing seaward.
stretch
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FROM THE BEGINNING A woman stood, in the midst of a salt wilderness, gazing seaward.
threatening
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
tide
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
tufts
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
typical
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From this reading The whole outlook was typical of intense desolation.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
visible
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From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
water
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
waves
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From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
wet
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From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Around her was a long stretch of wet sand and of seaweed-stained rocks, rising from little pools of water left by the tide; and beyond, the flat, marshy country was broken only by that line of low cliffs, from which the little tufts of grass sprouted feebly.
white
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From this reading Above, the sky was grey and threatening; only a few minutes before a cloud of white mist had drifted in from the sea and settled softly upon the land in the form of rain.
whole
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From this reading The whole outlook was typical of intense desolation.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading FROM THE BEGINNING A woman stood, in the midst of a salt wilderness, gazing seaward.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The waves which rolled almost to her feet were barely ripples, breaking with scarcely a visible effort upon the moist sand.
woman
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From this reading FROM THE BEGINNING A woman stood, in the midst of a salt wilderness, gazing seaward.
