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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 It was a hot morning in June, tempered by a wind from the north-west.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
arid
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
blue
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From this reading A few fleecy clouds shared the high blue realm with the keen sun.
bonnetless
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From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
brown
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was a hot morning in June, tempered by a wind from the north-west.
came
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
ceaseless
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
clouds
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From this reading A few fleecy clouds shared the high blue realm with the keen sun.
cool
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
corn
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
earth
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
end
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
face
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
farm
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From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
feel
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
few
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From this reading A few fleecy clouds shared the high blue realm with the keen sun.
fleecy
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From this reading A few fleecy clouds shared the high blue realm with the keen sun.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was a hot morning in June, tempered by a wind from the north-west.
gable
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
gray
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
green
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
heart-breaking
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
high
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From this reading A few fleecy clouds shared the high blue realm with the keen sun.
hill
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From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
horse
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
hot
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From this reading It was a hot morning in June, tempered by a wind from the north-west.
house
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a hot morning in June, tempered by a wind from the north-west.
June
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From this reading It was a hot morning in June, tempered by a wind from the north-west.
keen
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From this reading A few fleecy clouds shared the high blue realm with the keen sun.
labour
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
land
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
lever
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
listless
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
made
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
Maggie
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From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
meantimenounUS /ˈmiːntaɪm/
the period of time while something else is happening
From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a hot morning in June, tempered by a wind from the north-west.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
near
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
north-west
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From this reading It was a hot morning in June, tempered by a wind from the north-west.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
old
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
realm
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From this reading A few fleecy clouds shared the high blue realm with the keen sun.
road
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
rose
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
round
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
shared
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From this reading A few fleecy clouds shared the high blue realm with the keen sun.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
shoeless
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From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
showing
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
sight
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
sleepy
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
slow-rising
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
somewhat
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
sought
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From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
sun
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From this reading A few fleecy clouds shared the high blue realm with the keen sun.
tempered
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From this reading It was a hot morning in June, tempered by a wind from the north-west.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
tide
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
too
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
top
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
treading
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
unprogressive
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
up
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From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
walking
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From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the meantime, Maggie was walking shoeless and bonnetless up the hill to the farm she sought.
waves
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
weariness
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From this reading As she rose to the top of the road, the gable of the house came suddenly in sight, and near it a sleepy old gray horse, treading his ceaseless round at the end of a long lever, too listless to feel the weariness of a labour that to him must have seemed unprogressive, and, to anything young, heart-breaking.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a hot morning in June, tempered by a wind from the north-west.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
young
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From this reading The land was green with the slow-rising tide of the young corn, among which the cool wind made little waves, showing the brown earth between them on the somewhat arid face of the hill.
