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Chapter I

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Author of "The Unhallowed Harvest," "Pickett's Gap," "The Blind Brother," etc.
Snow everywhere; freshly fallen, white and beautiful.
It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.
The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.
Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Flag

Chapter I

Reading 1/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Author of "The Unhallowed Harvest," "Pickett's Gap," "The Blind Brother," etc.
Line 2
Snow everywhere; freshly fallen, white and beautiful.
Line 3
It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.
Line 4
The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.
Line 5
Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Across preposition US /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.”

Itself pronoun US /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading “The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.”

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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 Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Snow everywhere; freshly fallen, white and beautiful.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

Author

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From this reading Author of "The Unhallowed Harvest," "Pickett's Gap," "The Blind Brother," etc.

Bannerhall

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From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

beautiful

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From this reading Snow everywhere; freshly fallen, white and beautiful.

blanket

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From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

Blind

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From this reading Author of "The Unhallowed Harvest," "Pickett's Gap," "The Blind Brother," etc.

boy

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From this reading Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

Brother

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From this reading Author of "The Unhallowed Harvest," "Pickett's Gap," "The Blind Brother," etc.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.

Down

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From this reading Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

ermine

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From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

etc

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From this reading Author of "The Unhallowed Harvest," "Pickett's Gap," "The Blind Brother," etc.

everywhere

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From this reading Snow everywhere; freshly fallen, white and beautiful.

fallen

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From this reading Snow everywhere; freshly fallen, white and beautiful.

freshly

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From this reading Snow everywhere; freshly fallen, white and beautiful.

front

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From this reading Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

Gap

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From this reading Author of "The Unhallowed Harvest," "Pickett's Gap," "The Blind Brother," etc.

Harvest

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From this reading Author of "The Unhallowed Harvest," "Pickett's Gap," "The Blind Brother," etc.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

lawn

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From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

lay

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From this reading It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.

like

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From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

mansion

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From this reading Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Author of "The Unhallowed Harvest," "Pickett's Gap," "The Blind Brother," etc.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.

Pickett's

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From this reading Author of "The Unhallowed Harvest," "Pickett's Gap," "The Blind Brother," etc.

porch

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From this reading Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

ran

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From this reading Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

rested

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From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

roofs

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From this reading It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.

satisfying

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From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

Snow

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From this reading Snow everywhere; freshly fallen, white and beautiful.

soft

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From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

soiled

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From this reading It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.

spruce

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From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

steps

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From this reading Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

street

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From this reading Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

streets

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From this reading It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.

stretched

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From this reading Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Author of "The Unhallowed Harvest," "Pickett's Gap," "The Blind Brother," etc.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

trampled

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From this reading It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.

trees

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From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

Unhallowed

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From this reading Author of "The Unhallowed Harvest," "Pickett's Gap," "The Blind Brother," etc.

unsullied

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From this reading It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.

village

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From this reading It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.

weighted

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From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

whistling

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From this reading Down the steps of the porch that stretched across the front of the mansion, a boy ran, whistling, to the street.

white

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From this reading Snow everywhere; freshly fallen, white and beautiful.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The spruce trees on the lawn at Bannerhall were weighted with it, and on the lawn itself it rested, like an ermine blanket, soft and satisfying.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading It lay unsullied on the village roofs, and, trampled but not yet soiled, in the village streets.