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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 HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
altering
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From this reading A drift--constant, restless, never altering--sped over the level plain like the dust on a high-road before a steady wind.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
Any
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A drift--constant, restless, never altering--sped over the level plain like the dust on a high-road before a steady wind.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
blown
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From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
boundless
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
broke
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
brush
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
China
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From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
constant
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From this reading A drift--constant, restless, never altering--sped over the level plain like the dust on a high-road before a steady wind.
crest
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From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
cyclone
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From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
dazzling
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
degrees
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From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
dipped
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
dirty
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
drift
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From this reading A drift--constant, restless, never altering--sped over the level plain like the dust on a high-road before a steady wind.
dust
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From this reading A drift--constant, restless, never altering--sped over the level plain like the dust on a high-road before a steady wind.
England
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From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
falling
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From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
falls
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From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
flying
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From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
forty
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From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
freezing-point
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From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
frozen
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From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
Government
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
gray
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
high
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
high-road
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From this reading A drift--constant, restless, never altering--sped over the level plain like the dust on a high-road before a steady wind.
HOME
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
howling
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
huge
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
leeward
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
level
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
lie
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
like
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From this reading A drift--constant, restless, never altering--sped over the level plain like the dust on a high-road before a steady wind.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
more
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From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
narrow
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
Neva
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
north
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
object
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
off
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A drift--constant, restless, never altering--sped over the level plain like the dust on a high-road before a steady wind.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
pine
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
plain
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From this reading A drift--constant, restless, never altering--sped over the level plain like the dust on a high-road before a steady wind.
plains
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
powder
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From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
restless
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From this reading A drift--constant, restless, never altering--sped over the level plain like the dust on a high-road before a steady wind.
road-post
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
Russia
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
scud
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From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
Sea
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
Seas
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From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
side
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
singularly
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From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
sky
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
snow
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
snow-clad
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
snow-drift
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
softly
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From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
sped
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From this reading A drift--constant, restless, never altering--sped over the level plain like the dust on a high-road before a steady wind.
spotless
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
steadily
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From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
steady
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From this reading A drift--constant, restless, never altering--sped over the level plain like the dust on a high-road before a steady wind.
stunted
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
tailing
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
tearing
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
temperature
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From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
tree-trunk
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From this reading Any object that broke the wind--a stunted pine, a broken tree-trunk, a Government road-post--had at its leeward side a high, narrow snow-drift tailing off to the dead level of the plain.
Tver
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The snow was falling softly and steadily, falling, as it never falls in England, in little more than fine powder, with a temperature forty degrees below freezing-point.
washed
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
water
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From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
waves
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From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
white
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From this reading This white scud--a flying scud of frozen water--was singularly like the scud that is blown from the crest of the waves by a cyclone in the China Seas.
whitening
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
Yellow
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From this reading HOME A tearing, howling wind from the north--from the boundless snow-clad plains of Russia that lie between the Neva and the Yellow Sea; a gray sky washed over as with a huge brush dipped in dirty whitening; and the plains of Tver a spotless, dazzling level of snow.
