Chapter I

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from one side of something to the other

From this reading She looked across the garden and the four-acre field with the white may hedge boundary.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading It was all hers.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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Bound written or printed works.

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A line that marks the limits of an area.

From this reading She looked across the garden and the four-acre field with the white may hedge boundary.

showing who or what does the action

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go upward with gradual or continuous progress

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plural of “coast” — the shore of a sea or ocean

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move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

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an institution created to conduct business

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(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something

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From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company “_Oh, I would siege the golden coasts Of space, and climb high Heaven’s dome, So I might see those million ghosts Come home._” _Stella Benson_ Ruth Courthope Seer stood on her own doorstep and was content.

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a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward

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the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway

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half the width of an em

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closed in or surrounded or included within

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opinion or judgment

From this reading Her eyes slowly followed the way of the sun.

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

From this reading She looked across the garden and the four-acre field with the white may hedge boundary.

past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading Her eyes slowly followed the way of the sun.

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From this reading She looked across the garden and the four-acre field with the white may hedge boundary.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading She looked across the garden and the four-acre field with the white may hedge boundary.

plural of “ghost” — a mental representation of some haunting experience

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having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

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a widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search

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possessive form of “heaven” — any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

From this reading She looked across the garden and the four-acre field with the white may hedge boundary.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

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the one or ones belonging to her

From this reading It was all hers.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

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a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters

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where you live at a particular time

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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

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a state in the Rocky Mountains

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inside something, or within a place, period, or state

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the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was all hers.

plural of “italic” — a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right

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past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading She looked across the garden and the four-acre field with the white may hedge boundary.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading She looked across the garden and the four-acre field with the white may hedge boundary.

United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)

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used to say something is possible but not certain

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the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

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not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

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touching and supported by a surface

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have ownership or possession of

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a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

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United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)

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perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

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a person with unusual powers of foresight

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a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She looked across the garden and the four-acre field with the white may hedge boundary.

the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

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without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)

From this reading Her eyes slowly followed the way of the sun.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company “_Oh, I would siege the golden coasts Of space, and climb high Heaven’s dome, So I might see those million ghosts Come home._” _Stella Benson_ Ruth Courthope Seer stood on her own doorstep and was content.

the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

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United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)

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Maintained an upright posture.

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the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading Her eyes slowly followed the way of the sun.

the words of something written

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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company “_Oh, I would siege the golden coasts Of space, and climb high Heaven’s dome, So I might see those million ghosts Come home._” _Stella Benson_ Ruth Courthope Seer stood on her own doorstep and was content.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

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plural of “underscore” — a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)

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the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company “_Oh, I would siege the golden coasts Of space, and climb high Heaven’s dome, So I might see those million ghosts Come home._” _Stella Benson_ Ruth Courthope Seer stood on her own doorstep and was content.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Her eyes slowly followed the way of the sun.

a Caucasian

From this reading She looked across the garden and the four-acre field with the white may hedge boundary.

in the company of; together with

From this reading She looked across the garden and the four-acre field with the white may hedge boundary.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

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the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

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