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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 August came and for nine months not a drop of rain had fallen.
All
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From this reading “All in the world this country needs is water,” thought Jack who was studying irrigation schemes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading August came and for nine months not a drop of rain had fallen.
August
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From this reading August came and for nine months not a drop of rain had fallen.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading No crop promised to be a good one.
beans
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
beat
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
brown
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
burned
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From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
came
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From this reading August came and for nine months not a drop of rain had fallen.
cattle
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
country
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From this reading “All in the world this country needs is water,” thought Jack who was studying irrigation schemes.
crop
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From this reading No crop promised to be a good one.
dangled
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
down
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
drop
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From this reading August came and for nine months not a drop of rain had fallen.
dry
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From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
dust
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From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
earth
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From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
fallen
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From this reading August came and for nine months not a drop of rain had fallen.
fields
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
flew
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From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading August came and for nine months not a drop of rain had fallen.
good
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From this reading No crop promised to be a good one.
grass
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From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading August came and for nine months not a drop of rain had fallen.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
irrigation
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From this reading “All in the world this country needs is water,” thought Jack who was studying irrigation schemes.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “All in the world this country needs is water,” thought Jack who was studying irrigation schemes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
Jack
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From this reading “All in the world this country needs is water,” thought Jack who was studying irrigation schemes.
long
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
looked
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From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
mainly
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
mesquit
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
months
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From this reading August came and for nine months not a drop of rain had fallen.
needs
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From this reading “All in the world this country needs is water,” thought Jack who was studying irrigation schemes.
never-ceasing
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
nine
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From this reading August came and for nine months not a drop of rain had fallen.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No crop promised to be a good one.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading August came and for nine months not a drop of rain had fallen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading August came and for nine months not a drop of rain had fallen.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No crop promised to be a good one.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
pitilessly
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
plain
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From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
pods
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
promised
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From this reading No crop promised to be a good one.
rain
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From this reading August came and for nine months not a drop of rain had fallen.
schemes
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From this reading “All in the world this country needs is water,” thought Jack who was studying irrigation schemes.
sent
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From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
studying
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From this reading “All in the world this country needs is water,” thought Jack who was studying irrigation schemes.
subsisted
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
sun
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From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The sun beat pitilessly down on the brown fields and cattle subsisted mainly on mesquit beans that dangled their long pods in the never-ceasing wind.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “All in the world this country needs is water,” thought Jack who was studying irrigation schemes.
thought
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From this reading “All in the world this country needs is water,” thought Jack who was studying irrigation schemes.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No crop promised to be a good one.
travelling
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From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
up
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From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
water
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From this reading “All in the world this country needs is water,” thought Jack who was studying irrigation schemes.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
whirling
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From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading “All in the world this country needs is water,” thought Jack who was studying irrigation schemes.
wind
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From this reading The earth looked burned up, and the grass was so dry that in travelling through it it flew into dust which the wind sent whirling over the plain.
world
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From this reading “All in the world this country needs is water,” thought Jack who was studying irrigation schemes.
