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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 There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
air
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From this reading There was no sign of life, yet the warm air was thrilling with the unseen life of an insect world.
All
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From this reading All the world seemed so still.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There was no sign of life, yet the warm air was thrilling with the unseen life of an insect world.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
breath
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
breezes
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
cooling
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
crowded
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
deep
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
down
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
edges
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
forest
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
forming
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
glare
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
grass-lined
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
great
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
haze
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
heat
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
here
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
holding
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
insect
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From this reading There was no sign of life, yet the warm air was thrilling with the unseen life of an insect world.
life
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From this reading There was no sign of life, yet the warm air was thrilling with the unseen life of an insect world.
like
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
looked
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
MEETING
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From this reading THE MEETING ON THE TRAIL The quiet was profound.
mountains
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no sign of life, yet the warm air was thrilling with the unseen life of an insect world.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was no sign of life, yet the warm air was thrilling with the unseen life of an insect world.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE MEETING ON THE TRAIL The quiet was profound.
oven
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
parched
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
profound
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From this reading THE MEETING ON THE TRAIL The quiet was profound.
quiet
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From this reading THE MEETING ON THE TRAIL The quiet was profound.
rose
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
sand
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
screen
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
seemed
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From this reading All the world seemed so still.
side
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
sides
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
sign
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From this reading There was no sign of life, yet the warm air was thrilling with the unseen life of an insect world.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading All the world seemed so still.
soft
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
still
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From this reading All the world seemed so still.
summer
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
sun
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
surface
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From this reading The heat haze rose from the soft, deep surface sand of the trail, and the grass-lined edges looked parched beneath the glare of the summer sun.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MEETING ON THE TRAIL The quiet was profound.
There
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From this reading There was no sign of life, yet the warm air was thrilling with the unseen life of an insect world.
thrilling
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From this reading There was no sign of life, yet the warm air was thrilling with the unseen life of an insect world.
TRAIL
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From this reading THE MEETING ON THE TRAIL The quiet was profound.
trees
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From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
unseen
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From this reading There was no sign of life, yet the warm air was thrilling with the unseen life of an insect world.
warm
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From this reading There was no sign of life, yet the warm air was thrilling with the unseen life of an insect world.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE MEETING ON THE TRAIL The quiet was profound.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading There was no breath from the mountains down here, where the forest trees crowded in on either side, forming a great screen against the cooling breezes, and holding the heat like the sides of an oven.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was no sign of life, yet the warm air was thrilling with the unseen life of an insect world.
world
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From this reading All the world seemed so still.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading There was no sign of life, yet the warm air was thrilling with the unseen life of an insect world.
