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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 SIGN FROM FLETT Summer drew on with swift strides.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The sand that whirled about it did the strong stalks no harm.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
barley
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
blue
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
bluffadjectiveUS /blʌf/
direct and plain-spoken in manner, sometimes seeming rough
From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
bristling
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
broke
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
brown-headed
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
cast
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
clouds
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
Crimson
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
Day
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
delicate
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The sand that whirled about it did the strong stalks no harm.
drenching
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A SIGN FROM FLETT Summer drew on with swift strides.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
Earlier
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
ears
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
farm
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
flax
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
flecked
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
FLETT
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From this reading A SIGN FROM FLETT Summer drew on with swift strides.
flitting
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
flowers
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A SIGN FROM FLETT Summer drew on with swift strides.
glowed
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
grain
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
grass
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
harm
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From this reading The sand that whirled about it did the strong stalks no harm.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The sand that whirled about it did the strong stalks no harm.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
Marston
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
moisture
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
nearly
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
off
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A SIGN FROM FLETT Summer drew on with swift strides.
plain
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
prairie
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
red
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
sand
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From this reading The sand that whirled about it did the strong stalks no harm.
saskatoons
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
season
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
shadows
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
shed
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
sheets
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
showers
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
SIGN
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From this reading A SIGN FROM FLETT Summer drew on with swift strides.
spread
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
stalks
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From this reading The sand that whirled about it did the strong stalks no harm.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
strides
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From this reading A SIGN FROM FLETT Summer drew on with swift strides.
strong
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From this reading The sand that whirled about it did the strong stalks no harm.
Summer
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From this reading A SIGN FROM FLETT Summer drew on with swift strides.
sun-scorched
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
swift
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From this reading A SIGN FROM FLETT Summer drew on with swift strides.
swift-moving
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sand that whirled about it did the strong stalks no harm.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
there
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
timothy
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
trails
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
verge
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From this reading Earlier in the season there had been drenching thunder showers, and beyond the grain the flax spread in sheets of delicate blue that broke off on the verge of the brown-headed timothy.
waist-high
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
waved
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
wheat
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From this reading Day by day swift-moving clouds cast flitting shadows across the sun-scorched plain, but though they shed no moisture the wheat stood nearly waist-high upon the Marston farm.
whirled
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From this reading The sand that whirled about it did the strong stalks no harm.
wild
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From this reading Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A SIGN FROM FLETT Summer drew on with swift strides.
