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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 RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
abroad
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From this reading I put on an old corduroy outing suit and heavy shoes, ready for a tramp abroad, and went below.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I put on an old corduroy outing suit and heavy shoes, ready for a tramp abroad, and went below.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
battlements
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From this reading I opened one of the French windows and stepped out on a stone terrace, where I gained a fair view of the exterior of the house, which proved to be a modified Tudor, with battlements and two towers.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I opened one of the French windows and stepped out on a stone terrace, where I gained a fair view of the exterior of the house, which proved to be a modified Tudor, with battlements and two towers.
beheld
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From this reading The great library seemed larger than ever when I beheld it in the morning light.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading I put on an old corduroy outing suit and heavy shoes, ready for a tramp abroad, and went below.
bright
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From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
brown
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colors
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companion
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corduroy
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From this reading I put on an old corduroy outing suit and heavy shoes, ready for a tramp abroad, and went below.
crowded
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From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great library seemed larger than ever when I beheld it in the morning light.
exterior
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From this reading I opened one of the French windows and stepped out on a stone terrace, where I gained a fair view of the exterior of the house, which proved to be a modified Tudor, with battlements and two towers.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I opened one of the French windows and stepped out on a stone terrace, where I gained a fair view of the exterior of the house, which proved to be a modified Tudor, with battlements and two towers.
festal
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I put on an old corduroy outing suit and heavy shoes, ready for a tramp abroad, and went below.
French
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gained
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gold
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From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great library seemed larger than ever when I beheld it in the morning light.
green
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heavy
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From this reading I put on an old corduroy outing suit and heavy shoes, ready for a tramp abroad, and went below.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
house
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From this reading I opened one of the French windows and stepped out on a stone terrace, where I gained a fair view of the exterior of the house, which proved to be a modified Tudor, with battlements and two towers.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The great library seemed larger than ever when I beheld it in the morning light.
isolation
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From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The great library seemed larger than ever when I beheld it in the morning light.
larger
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From this reading The great library seemed larger than ever when I beheld it in the morning light.
library
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From this reading The great library seemed larger than ever when I beheld it in the morning light.
light
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From this reading The great library seemed larger than ever when I beheld it in the morning light.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
many
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From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
modified
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From this reading I opened one of the French windows and stepped out on a stone terrace, where I gained a fair view of the exterior of the house, which proved to be a modified Tudor, with battlements and two towers.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
October
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From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
old
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From this reading I put on an old corduroy outing suit and heavy shoes, ready for a tramp abroad, and went below.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I opened one of the French windows and stepped out on a stone terrace, where I gained a fair view of the exterior of the house, which proved to be a modified Tudor, with battlements and two towers.
opened
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out
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From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
outing
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proved
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put
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From this reading I put on an old corduroy outing suit and heavy shoes, ready for a tramp abroad, and went below.
ready
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From this reading I put on an old corduroy outing suit and heavy shoes, ready for a tramp abroad, and went below.
RED
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From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
renewed
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From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
scarlet
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From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great library seemed larger than ever when I beheld it in the morning light.
sense
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From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
SHANTER
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From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
shoes
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From this reading I put on an old corduroy outing suit and heavy shoes, ready for a tramp abroad, and went below.
some
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standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
startling
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stepped
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From this reading I opened one of the French windows and stepped out on a stone terrace, where I gained a fair view of the exterior of the house, which proved to be a modified Tudor, with battlements and two towers.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
stone
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suit
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From this reading I put on an old corduroy outing suit and heavy shoes, ready for a tramp abroad, and went below.
sulking
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TAM-O
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From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
terrace
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From this reading I opened one of the French windows and stepped out on a stone terrace, where I gained a fair view of the exterior of the house, which proved to be a modified Tudor, with battlements and two towers.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The great library seemed larger than ever when I beheld it in the morning light.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
there
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I opened one of the French windows and stepped out on a stone terrace, where I gained a fair view of the exterior of the house, which proved to be a modified Tudor, with battlements and two towers.
towers
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From this reading I opened one of the French windows and stepped out on a stone terrace, where I gained a fair view of the exterior of the house, which proved to be a modified Tudor, with battlements and two towers.
tramp
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From this reading I put on an old corduroy outing suit and heavy shoes, ready for a tramp abroad, and went below.
Trees
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From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
Tudor
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two
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view
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vividness
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From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
wearing
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From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I put on an old corduroy outing suit and heavy shoes, ready for a tramp abroad, and went below.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The great library seemed larger than ever when I beheld it in the morning light.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I opened one of the French windows and stepped out on a stone terrace, where I gained a fair view of the exterior of the house, which proved to be a modified Tudor, with battlements and two towers.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I opened one of the French windows and stepped out on a stone terrace, where I gained a fair view of the exterior of the house, which proved to be a modified Tudor, with battlements and two towers.
windows
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From this reading Trees crowded about my windows, many of them still wearing their festal colors, scarlet and brown and gold, with the bright green of some sulking companion standing out here and there with startling vividness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER I looked out on the bright October morning with a renewed sense of isolation.
