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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 ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
all
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
almost
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
beautiful
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
bestowed
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
black
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From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
bothered
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From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
buried
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
burned
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But now it was gone and in place of the lava cap there was a mantle of gleaming snow.
came
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
cans
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
cap
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From this reading But now it was gone and in place of the lava cap there was a mantle of gleaming snow.
caught
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From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
children
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From this reading A family of children were out in the street, trying to coast in their new Christmas wagons, and Wiley smiled to himself.
CHRISTMAS
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
cloud
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From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
coast
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From this reading A family of children were out in the street, trying to coast in their new Christmas wagons, and Wiley smiled to himself.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
covered
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
crown
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
dark
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From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
DAY
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
down
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
eye
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From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
family
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From this reading A family of children were out in the street, trying to coast in their new Christmas wagons, and Wiley smiled to himself.
felt
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
find
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From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
glance
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From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
gleaming
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From this reading But now it was gone and in place of the lava cap there was a mantle of gleaming snow.
gone
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From this reading But now it was gone and in place of the lava cap there was a mantle of gleaming snow.
graceless
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading A family of children were out in the street, trying to coast in their new Christmas wagons, and Wiley smiled to himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
Holman
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
house
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
hundred
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From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
joy
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
Keno
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
lava
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From this reading But now it was gone and in place of the lava cap there was a mantle of gleaming snow.
live
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From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
mantlenounUS /ˈmæntəl/
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading But now it was gone and in place of the lava cap there was a mantle of gleaming snow.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
Mountain
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
new
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From this reading A family of children were out in the street, trying to coast in their new Christmas wagons, and Wiley smiled to himself.
now
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From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
out
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
peak
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
place
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From this reading But now it was gone and in place of the lava cap there was a mantle of gleaming snow.
ShadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
shrouded
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
smiled
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From this reading A family of children were out in the street, trying to coast in their new Christmas wagons, and Wiley smiled to himself.
snow
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From this reading But now it was gone and in place of the lava cap there was a mantle of gleaming snow.
snowstorm
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
spots
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
stepped
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
street
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From this reading A family of children were out in the street, trying to coast in their new Christmas wagons, and Wiley smiled to himself.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A family of children were out in the street, trying to coast in their new Christmas wagons, and Wiley smiled to himself.
there
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From this reading But now it was gone and in place of the lava cap there was a mantle of gleaming snow.
thrill
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
times
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From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
tin
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
town
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From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
trying
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From this reading A family of children were out in the street, trying to coast in their new Christmas wagons, and Wiley smiled to himself.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
up
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
wagons
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From this reading A family of children were out in the street, trying to coast in their new Christmas wagons, and Wiley smiled to himself.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But now it was gone and in place of the lava cap there was a mantle of gleaming snow.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He looked down at the town and, on every graceless house, there had been bestowed a crown of white; all the tin cans were buried, the burned spots were covered over, and Keno was almost beautiful.
whirling
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
white
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
Wiley
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From this reading ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas came to Keno in a whirling snowstorm that shrouded Shadow Mountain in white and, as he stepped out in the morning and looked up at the peak, Wiley Holman felt a thrill of joy.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The black shadow had bothered him, now that he had come to live under it; and a hundred times a day as it caught his eye he would glance up to find the dark cloud.
