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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 Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
all
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
almost
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From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
away
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From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
banks
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
billowed
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From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
blue
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
bright
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
clear
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
clouds
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
colour
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
cool
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
crag-crested
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From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
delicately
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
dense
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
depth
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
drifting
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
faintly
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
few
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
field
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
flowers
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
forests
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From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
fresh
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
gently
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From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
grass
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
hills
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From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
hurrying
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
intensified
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
landscape
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From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
lay
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
lazily
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
lower
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
lush
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
merry
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
miles
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From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
motionless
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From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
mountains
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From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
moving
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From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
newly
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
northward
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From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
odorous
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
pines
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
rolling
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From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
rustling
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From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
scented
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
shade
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
sky
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
small
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
softly
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From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
springtime
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
stirring
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From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
stream
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
strewn
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
sun-flecked
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From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
sunlight
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
swept
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From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
tall
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
thickly
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From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
timbered
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From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
two
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From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
up
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From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
valley
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
warm
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
water
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
way
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From this reading Here was a small stream of water, bright, clear and cool, running its merry way among the tall pines, hurrying to the dense shade of the lower valley.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading For two miles the hills billowed away gently to the northward, where at last they were swept up into the thickly timbered, crag-crested mountains.
white
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From this reading The sunlight lay bright and warm over all; the sky was blue with a depth of colour intensified by the few great white clouds drifting lazily across it.
wide
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From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The grass on its banks stood tall, lush and faintly odorous, fresh with the newly come springtime, delicately scented with the thickly strewn field flowers.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading No moving thing within all the wide rolling landscape save the sun-flecked water, the softly stirring grass and rustling forests, the almost motionless white clouds.
