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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 UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
AlthoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
back
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
bright
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From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
BURRS
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
CHESTNUT
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
chillyadjectiveUS /ˈtʃɪli/
unpleasantly cold
From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
coming
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From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
compelled
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From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
cool
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From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
darkened
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From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
discomfort
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
dreaded
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From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
drove
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
enshrouded
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From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
escape
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From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
evident
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From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
face
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From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
family
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From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
fearing
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From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
fitfully
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From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
fore-shadowing
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From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
gloom
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From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
Gregory's
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
haze
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From this reading A haze had spread over the sky, increasing in leaden hue toward the west.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
house
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
hue
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From this reading A haze had spread over the sky, increasing in leaden hue toward the west.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A haze had spread over the sky, increasing in leaden hue toward the west.
increasing
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From this reading A haze had spread over the sky, increasing in leaden hue toward the west.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
landscape
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From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
leadenadjectiveUS /ˈlɛdən/
heavy, dull, or grey in appearance or movement
From this reading A haze had spread over the sky, increasing in leaden hue toward the west.
like
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From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
moaned
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From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
now
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From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A haze had spread over the sky, increasing in leaden hue toward the west.
prolonged
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
return
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From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
sense
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
shadowed
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From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
shivering
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
shone
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From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
shut
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From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
sky
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From this reading A haze had spread over the sky, increasing in leaden hue toward the west.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
soon
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
spread
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From this reading A haze had spread over the sky, increasing in leaden hue toward the west.
storm
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From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
sun
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From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading A haze had spread over the sky, increasing in leaden hue toward the west.
trees
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From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
trouble
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From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
UNEXPECTED
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
up
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From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
very
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
walk
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From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
Walter
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From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
warm
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From this reading Although the morning had been cool, the sun had shone bright and warm, but now the fore-shadowing of a storm was evident.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS Gregory's afternoon walk was not very prolonged, for a shivering sense of discomfort soon drove him back to the house.
west
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From this reading A haze had spread over the sky, increasing in leaden hue toward the west.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The chilly wind moaned fitfully through the trees, and the landscape darkened like a face shadowed by coming trouble.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Walter dreaded a storm, fearing it would shut him up with the family without escape; but at last the sun so enshrouded itself in gloom that he was compelled to return.
