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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 An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
Agnes
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From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
all
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From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
any
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From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
arrived
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From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
believed
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From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
calling
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From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
color
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
darkening
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
dining-room
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From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
drawing
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
dropped
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From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
Early
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
Elsmere
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From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
England
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From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
ExceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Except the oaks.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
flower-sprinkled
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From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
foreigner
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From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
green
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
hardly
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
hills
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
intelligent
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From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
June
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From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
maintaining
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From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
mamma
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From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
Northern
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From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
oaks
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From this reading Except the oaks.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
old
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
out
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
Robert
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From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
Rose
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From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
season
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
spell
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From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
summer
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From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
sun
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
tea
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From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
two
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
valley
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From this reading An intelligent foreigner dropped into the flower-sprinkled valley might have believed that, after all, England, and even Northern England, had a summer.
want
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From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
warmth
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From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
week
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was the first of June, and the spell of warmth in which Robert Elsmere had arrived was still maintaining itself.
window
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From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Agnes, if you want any tea, here it is,’ cried Rose, calling from outside through the dining-room window; ‘and tell mamma.’
young
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From this reading Early in the season as it was, the sun was already drawing the color out of the hills; the young green, hardly a week or two old, was darkening.
