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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 lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
alertly
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all
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From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our hostess, with morning smile, asked if we would mind waiting breakfast for "the boarders."
awake
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
awoke
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From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
barns
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
boarders
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bodily
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From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
boots
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breakfast
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brow
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cathedral-like
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ceiling
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
church
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cobble-stones
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Colin
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coughed
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
country
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darkness
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day
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
down-stairs
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echoing
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farm-yard
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farmhouses
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flashing
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
France
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FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
grayness
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
hailednounUS /hailed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
handful
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
heard
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hostess
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From this reading Our hostess, with morning smile, asked if we would mind waiting breakfast for "the boarders."
hungry
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From this reading I heard Colin moving in the next room, and presently we were down-stairs, alertly hungry.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Our hostess, with morning smile, asked if we would mind waiting breakfast for "the boarders."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
lantern
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
lit
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
looming
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MeanwhilenounUS /ˈmeanwhile/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our hostess, with morning smile, asked if we would mind waiting breakfast for "the boarders."
moment
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
MORNINGnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
moving
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From this reading I heard Colin moving in the next room, and presently we were down-stairs, alertly hungry.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
mystery
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nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I heard Colin moving in the next room, and presently we were down-stairs, alertly hungry.
NIGHT
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From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our hostess, with morning smile, asked if we would mind waiting breakfast for "the boarders."
out
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
presently
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revealed
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room
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rough
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
salutation
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From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
silvery
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SING
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six-o'clock
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
slowly
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smile
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From this reading Our hostess, with morning smile, asked if we would mind waiting breakfast for "the boarders."
sneezed
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
solitary-looking
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somewhere
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sound
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stepped
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
THEYpronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
TILLprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
transported
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unfolding
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up
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
upland
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uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
village
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voice
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From this reading A lantern flashing in and out among barns lit up my ceiling for a moment, a rough country voice hailed another rough country voice somewhere outside, and the day slowly coughed and sneezed itself awake in the six-o'clock grayness.
waiting
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From this reading Our hostess, with morning smile, asked if we would mind waiting breakfast for "the boarders."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Meanwhile, we stepped out into the unfolding day, and the village that had been a mystery to us in the darkness was revealed; a handful of farmhouses on the brow of a solitary-looking upland, and, looming over all, a great cathedral-like church that seemed to have been transported bodily from France.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I heard Colin moving in the next room, and presently we were down-stairs, alertly hungry.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I heard Colin moving in the next room, and presently we were down-stairs, alertly hungry.
WHEREconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading WHERE THEY SING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I awoke to the same silvery salutation, and the sound of country boots echoing across farm-yard cobble-stones.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Our hostess, with morning smile, asked if we would mind waiting breakfast for "the boarders."
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Our hostess, with morning smile, asked if we would mind waiting breakfast for "the boarders."
