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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 RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
air
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From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
beach
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
Bella
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
black
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
blue
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
brown
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
calling
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From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
camp-chair
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From this reading A cluster of tents stood upon the shingle, and in front of the largest Millicent reclined in a camp-chair.
cedars
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
chill
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From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
cluster
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From this reading A cluster of tents stood upon the shingle, and in front of the largest Millicent reclined in a camp-chair.
creeping
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From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
dipped
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
duck
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
embroidering
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From this reading Near her Miss Hume sat industriously embroidering; and Nasmyth lay upon the stones.
face
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
faint
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From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
farther
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
feet
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
fire
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
front
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From this reading A cluster of tents stood upon the shingle, and in front of the largest Millicent reclined in a camp-chair.
group
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Near her Miss Hume sat industriously embroidering; and Nasmyth lay upon the stones.
hills
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
Hume
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From this reading Near her Miss Hume sat industriously embroidering; and Nasmyth lay upon the stones.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A cluster of tents stood upon the shingle, and in front of the largest Millicent reclined in a camp-chair.
industriously
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From this reading Near her Miss Hume sat industriously embroidering; and Nasmyth lay upon the stones.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
just
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
lake
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
largest
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From this reading A cluster of tents stood upon the shingle, and in front of the largest Millicent reclined in a camp-chair.
lay
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
loon
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From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
MAN
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
Millicent
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From this reading A cluster of tents stood upon the shingle, and in front of the largest Millicent reclined in a camp-chair.
mirroring
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
Miss
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From this reading Near her Miss Hume sat industriously embroidering; and Nasmyth lay upon the stones.
mountain
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From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
Nasmyth
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From this reading Near her Miss Hume sat industriously embroidering; and Nasmyth lay upon the stones.
Near
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From this reading Near her Miss Hume sat industriously embroidering; and Nasmyth lay upon the stones.
occupied
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
packers
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
reclined
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From this reading A cluster of tents stood upon the shingle, and in front of the largest Millicent reclined in a camp-chair.
RELIABLE
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
resinous
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From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
ridge
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
sat
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From this reading Near her Miss Hume sat industriously embroidering; and Nasmyth lay upon the stones.
scented
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From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
shingle
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From this reading A cluster of tents stood upon the shingle, and in front of the largest Millicent reclined in a camp-chair.
shirts
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
shore
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
sitting
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
smoke
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From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
somewhere
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From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
stones
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From this reading Near her Miss Hume sat industriously embroidering; and Nasmyth lay upon the stones.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A cluster of tents stood upon the shingle, and in front of the largest Millicent reclined in a camp-chair.
sun
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
tall
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From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
tents
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From this reading A cluster of tents stood upon the shingle, and in front of the largest Millicent reclined in a camp-chair.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A RELIABLE MAN The sun had just dipped behind a black ridge of hills, and the lake lay still, mirroring the tall cedars on its farther shore.
trousers
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A cluster of tents stood upon the shingle, and in front of the largest Millicent reclined in a camp-chair.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
water
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From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A faint chill was creeping into the mountain air, which was scented with resinous smoke, and somewhere across the water a loon was calling.
young
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From this reading Bella occupied another camp-chair, a young man with a pleasant brown face sitting at her feet; and farther along the beach a group of packers in blue shirts and duck trousers lay smoking about a fire.
