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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 A gray clarity of the air told that daylight was near.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading At the top he glanced across the more level upland to the east and his eyes lightened.
air
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From this reading A gray clarity of the air told that daylight was near.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading He loped along the winding trail through the coulee's bottom and climbed the hill beyond.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
Antelope
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the top he glanced across the more level upland to the east and his eyes lightened.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading He loped along the winding trail through the coulee's bottom and climbed the hill beyond.
bottom
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From this reading He loped along the winding trail through the coulee's bottom and climbed the hill beyond.
came
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From this reading The skyline retreated, the hills came out of the duskiness like a photograph in the developer tray.
clarity
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From this reading A gray clarity of the air told that daylight was near.
climbed
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From this reading He loped along the winding trail through the coulee's bottom and climbed the hill beyond.
Coulee
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
coulee's
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From this reading He loped along the winding trail through the coulee's bottom and climbed the hill beyond.
cursing
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
dawn
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
daylight
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From this reading A gray clarity of the air told that daylight was near.
developer
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From this reading The skyline retreated, the hills came out of the duskiness like a photograph in the developer tray.
dipped
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
down
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
duskiness
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From this reading The skyline retreated, the hills came out of the duskiness like a photograph in the developer tray.
east
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From this reading At the top he glanced across the more level upland to the east and his eyes lightened.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
eyes
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From this reading At the top he glanced across the more level upland to the east and his eyes lightened.
glanced
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From this reading At the top he glanced across the more level upland to the east and his eyes lightened.
gray
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From this reading A gray clarity of the air told that daylight was near.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He loped along the winding trail through the coulee's bottom and climbed the hill beyond.
hill
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From this reading He loped along the winding trail through the coulee's bottom and climbed the hill beyond.
hills
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From this reading The skyline retreated, the hills came out of the duskiness like a photograph in the developer tray.
hilltop
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At the top he glanced across the more level upland to the east and his eyes lightened.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The skyline retreated, the hills came out of the duskiness like a photograph in the developer tray.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
Irish
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
level
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From this reading At the top he glanced across the more level upland to the east and his eyes lightened.
lightened
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From this reading At the top he glanced across the more level upland to the east and his eyes lightened.
like
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From this reading The skyline retreated, the hills came out of the duskiness like a photograph in the developer tray.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
loped
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From this reading He loped along the winding trail through the coulee's bottom and climbed the hill beyond.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
more
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From this reading At the top he glanced across the more level upland to the east and his eyes lightened.
near
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From this reading A gray clarity of the air told that daylight was near.
new
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A gray clarity of the air told that daylight was near.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
out
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From this reading The skyline retreated, the hills came out of the duskiness like a photograph in the developer tray.
photograph
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From this reading The skyline retreated, the hills came out of the duskiness like a photograph in the developer tray.
retreated
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From this reading The skyline retreated, the hills came out of the duskiness like a photograph in the developer tray.
ridge
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
shacks
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
skyline
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From this reading The skyline retreated, the hills came out of the duskiness like a photograph in the developer tray.
slope
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
sprinkle
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
stark
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
steep
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From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A gray clarity of the air told that daylight was near.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A gray clarity of the air told that daylight was near.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He loped along the winding trail through the coulee's bottom and climbed the hill beyond.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the top he glanced across the more level upland to the east and his eyes lightened.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A gray clarity of the air told that daylight was near.
top
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From this reading At the top he glanced across the more level upland to the east and his eyes lightened.
trail
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From this reading He loped along the winding trail through the coulee's bottom and climbed the hill beyond.
tray
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From this reading The skyline retreated, the hills came out of the duskiness like a photograph in the developer tray.
upland
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From this reading At the top he glanced across the more level upland to the east and his eyes lightened.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A gray clarity of the air told that daylight was near.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Irish dipped down the steep slope into Antelope Coulee, cursing the sprinkle of new shacks that stood stark in the dawn on every ridge and every hilltop, look where one might.
winding
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From this reading He loped along the winding trail through the coulee's bottom and climbed the hill beyond.
