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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, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
all
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From this reading Karen had looked out of her window all day.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
always
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Reading and the spring-tide beauties of the Thames valley had gone by in the morning.
announcing
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
attendant
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
beauties
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From this reading Reading and the spring-tide beauties of the Thames valley had gone by in the morning.
blue
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
bridges
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Reading and the spring-tide beauties of the Thames valley had gone by in the morning.
carriage
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From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
corner
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From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
Cornish
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
corridor
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
day
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From this reading Karen had looked out of her window all day.
down
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
downs
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
familiar
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From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
file
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
followed
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
gone
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From this reading Reading and the spring-tide beauties of the Thames valley had gone by in the morning.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Reading and the spring-tide beauties of the Thames valley had gone by in the morning.
headlands
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
high
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
Karen
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From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
like
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
lives
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
lonely
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Karen had looked out of her window all day.
looking
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From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
lunch
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
lunching
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
lying
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
majesty
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
midshipmen
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Reading and the spring-tide beauties of the Thames valley had gone by in the morning.
now
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
out
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From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
plain
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
Plymouth
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
railway
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From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
Reading
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From this reading Reading and the spring-tide beauties of the Thames valley had gone by in the morning.
rippled
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
sat
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From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
scenery
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From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
silver
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
single
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
sky
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
Somerset
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
spring-tide
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From this reading Reading and the spring-tide beauties of the Thames valley had gone by in the morning.
Thames
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From this reading Reading and the spring-tide beauties of the Thames valley had gone by in the morning.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Karen sat in her corner of the railway carriage looking out at familiar scenery.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
Then
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
training-ships
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
used
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
valley
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From this reading Reading and the spring-tide beauties of the Thames valley had gone by in the morning.
valleys
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
vast
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From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Then, after the attendant had passed along the corridor announcing lunch, and those who were lunching had followed him in single file, had come the lonely majesty of the Somerset downs, lying like great headlands along the plain, a vast sky of rippled blue and silver above them.
winding
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
window
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From this reading Karen had looked out of her window all day.
wonder
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
wooded
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From this reading They had passed Plymouth where she had always used to look down from the high bridges and wonder over the lives of the midshipmen on the training-ships, and now they were winding through wooded Cornish valleys.
