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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 And, the day after his arrival from college, there came a mighty snow-storm.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading And, the day after his arrival from college, there came a mighty snow-storm.
all
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From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
arrival
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From this reading And, the day after his arrival from college, there came a mighty snow-storm.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
away
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
back
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From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
Bright
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From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
brown
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
came
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From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
chill
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
Christmas
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From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
college
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From this reading And, the day after his arrival from college, there came a mighty snow-storm.
day
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From this reading And, the day after his arrival from college, there came a mighty snow-storm.
days
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
December
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
Eustace
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From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
fences
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From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And, the day after his arrival from college, there came a mighty snow-storm.
given
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From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
golden
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
grass
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From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
greater
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
green
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From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
held
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From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
hill-slopes
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From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
kept
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From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
lee
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From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
like
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From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
likewise
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
making
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From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
many
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
merrier
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From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
merry
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From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
mighty
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From this reading And, the day after his arrival from college, there came a mighty snow-storm.
mild
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From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
nooks
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From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
November
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
October
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
Octobers
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
other
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
places
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From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
presence
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From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
sheltered
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From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
smiles
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From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
snow-storm
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From this reading And, the day after his arrival from college, there came a mighty snow-storm.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
southern
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From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
stone
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From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The grass had kept itself green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the lee of the stone fences.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
there
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From this reading And, the day after his arrival from college, there came a mighty snow-storm.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
too
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From this reading The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have, and brown November likewise, and the greater part of chill December, too.
Up
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From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
visage
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From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
winter
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From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier by his presence.
wrinkled
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From this reading Up to this time, the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage.
