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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 The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
air
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From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
arose
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
arrived
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From this reading The guns were returning, and eight men with three women arrived at the lofty gates.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
away
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
BehindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
blue
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
brake
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
breath
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
brick
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From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
Chadlands
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From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
cold
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
coming
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
dimmed
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From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
dusk
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From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
earth
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
edge
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
eight
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From this reading The guns were returning, and eight men with three women arrived at the lofty gates.
entrance
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From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
evening
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From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
fern
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
fires
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
foliage
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
forest
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
frost
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From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
gates
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From this reading The guns were returning, and eight men with three women arrived at the lofty gates.
granite
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From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
green
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From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
grey
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From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
guns
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From this reading The guns were returning, and eight men with three women arrived at the lofty gates.
haze
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
hung
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From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
leaves
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
lofty
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From this reading The guns were returning, and eight men with three women arrived at the lofty gates.
made
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
main
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From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
men
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From this reading The guns were returning, and eight men with three women arrived at the lofty gates.
mighty
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From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
moon
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From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
nearly
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
new
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From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
park
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
piers
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From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
red
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From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
reposed
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From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
returning
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From this reading The guns were returning, and eight men with three women arrived at the lofty gates.
sank
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
setting
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
shorn
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
sicklenounUS /ˈsɪkəl/
a hand tool with a curved blade for cutting grass
From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
sky
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From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
sphere
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From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
stretched
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
stretches
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
sun
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
There
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From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
thinning
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
three
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From this reading The guns were returning, and eight men with three women arrived at the lofty gates.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
trees
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
trunks
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
visible
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From this reading They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and already amid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze--breath of earth made visible by coming cold.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
western
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From this reading There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung where dusk of evening dimmed the green of the western sky.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
winter
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From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Behind them stretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves at the edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinning foliage.
women
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From this reading The guns were returning, and eight men with three women arrived at the lofty gates.
