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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 Then the rain came suddenly and swept across the plains in a slanting fury.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Then the rain came suddenly and swept across the plains in a slanting fury.
advent
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From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
AIR
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From this reading CLEARING THE AIR “It is as difficult to be entirely bad as it is to be entirely good.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
Antwerp
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From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
arrived
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From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading CLEARING THE AIR “It is as difficult to be entirely bad as it is to be entirely good.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
bad
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From this reading CLEARING THE AIR “It is as difficult to be entirely bad as it is to be entirely good.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading CLEARING THE AIR “It is as difficult to be entirely bad as it is to be entirely good.”
beating
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From this reading A cold wind from the south-east followed hard upon the heavy clouds, and night came in a chaos of squall and beating rain.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
broke
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From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
came
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From this reading Then the rain came suddenly and swept across the plains in a slanting fury.
chaos
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From this reading A cold wind from the south-east followed hard upon the heavy clouds, and night came in a chaos of squall and beating rain.
chased
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From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
CLEARING
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From this reading CLEARING THE AIR “It is as difficult to be entirely bad as it is to be entirely good.”
clouds
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From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
cold
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From this reading A cold wind from the south-east followed hard upon the heavy clouds, and night came in a chaos of squall and beating rain.
day
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From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
difficult
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From this reading CLEARING THE AIR “It is as difficult to be entirely bad as it is to be entirely good.”
enough
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From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading CLEARING THE AIR “It is as difficult to be entirely bad as it is to be entirely good.”
evening
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From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
Ferriby's
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From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
followed
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From this reading A cold wind from the south-east followed hard upon the heavy clouds, and night came in a chaos of squall and beating rain.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A cold wind from the south-east followed hard upon the heavy clouds, and night came in a chaos of squall and beating rain.
fury
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From this reading Then the rain came suddenly and swept across the plains in a slanting fury.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CLEARING THE AIR “It is as difficult to be entirely bad as it is to be entirely good.”
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
Hague
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From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
hard
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From this reading A cold wind from the south-east followed hard upon the heavy clouds, and night came in a chaos of squall and beating rain.
heavy
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From this reading A cold wind from the south-east followed hard upon the heavy clouds, and night came in a chaos of squall and beating rain.
home
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From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then the rain came suddenly and swept across the plains in a slanting fury.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CLEARING THE AIR “It is as difficult to be entirely bad as it is to be entirely good.”
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading CLEARING THE AIR “It is as difficult to be entirely bad as it is to be entirely good.”
Lord
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From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
night
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From this reading A cold wind from the south-east followed hard upon the heavy clouds, and night came in a chaos of squall and beating rain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
Percy
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From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
plains
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From this reading Then the rain came suddenly and swept across the plains in a slanting fury.
rain
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From this reading Then the rain came suddenly and swept across the plains in a slanting fury.
Roden
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From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
saw
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From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
slanting
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From this reading Then the rain came suddenly and swept across the plains in a slanting fury.
south-east
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From this reading A cold wind from the south-east followed hard upon the heavy clouds, and night came in a chaos of squall and beating rain.
squall
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From this reading A cold wind from the south-east followed hard upon the heavy clouds, and night came in a chaos of squall and beating rain.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then the rain came suddenly and swept across the plains in a slanting fury.
sun
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From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
sunset
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From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
swept
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From this reading Then the rain came suddenly and swept across the plains in a slanting fury.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CLEARING THE AIR “It is as difficult to be entirely bad as it is to be entirely good.”
Then
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From this reading Then the rain came suddenly and swept across the plains in a slanting fury.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CLEARING THE AIR “It is as difficult to be entirely bad as it is to be entirely good.”
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
up
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From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A cold wind from the south-east followed hard upon the heavy clouds, and night came in a chaos of squall and beating rain.
Utrecht
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From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
weather
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From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
west
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From this reading Though the day had been fine enough, the weather broke up at sunset, and great clouds chased the sun towards the west.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Percy Roden, who had been to Utrecht and Antwerp, arrived home on the evening of the day that saw Lord Ferriby's advent to The Hague.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A cold wind from the south-east followed hard upon the heavy clouds, and night came in a chaos of squall and beating rain.
