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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 THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
AmongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
August
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From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
break
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From this reading To West Haven they came, where the cliffs break and the rivers from Bridport flow through sluices into the little harbour.
breeze
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From this reading Now the sun was over the sea and the Channel gleamed and flashed under a wakening, westerly breeze.
Bridetown
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From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
Bridport
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From this reading To West Haven they came, where the cliffs break and the rivers from Bridport flow through sluices into the little harbour.
bright
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From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
buildings
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From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
came
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From this reading To West Haven they came, where the cliffs break and the rivers from Bridport flow through sluices into the little harbour.
Channel
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From this reading Now the sun was over the sea and the Channel gleamed and flashed under a wakening, westerly breeze.
cliffs
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From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
climbed
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From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
drifts
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From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
feet
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From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
flashed
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From this reading Now the sun was over the sea and the Channel gleamed and flashed under a wakening, westerly breeze.
flow
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From this reading To West Haven they came, where the cliffs break and the rivers from Bridport flow through sluices into the little harbour.
fog
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From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To West Haven they came, where the cliffs break and the rivers from Bridport flow through sluices into the little harbour.
gleamed
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From this reading Now the sun was over the sea and the Channel gleamed and flashed under a wakening, westerly breeze.
harbour
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From this reading To West Haven they came, where the cliffs break and the rivers from Bridport flow through sluices into the little harbour.
Haven
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From this reading To West Haven they came, where the cliffs break and the rivers from Bridport flow through sluices into the little harbour.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
holiday
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From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading To West Haven they came, where the cliffs break and the rivers from Bridport flow through sluices into the little harbour.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To West Haven they came, where the cliffs break and the rivers from Bridport flow through sluices into the little harbour.
made
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From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
misty
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From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
Now
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From this reading Now the sun was over the sea and the Channel gleamed and flashed under a wakening, westerly breeze.
OLD
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From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Now the sun was over the sea and the Channel gleamed and flashed under a wakening, westerly breeze.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
picturesque
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From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
presently
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From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
pursued
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From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
Raymond
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From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
risen
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From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
rivers
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From this reading To West Haven they came, where the cliffs break and the rivers from Bridport flow through sluices into the little harbour.
Sabina
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From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
sand
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From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
sea
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From this reading Now the sun was over the sea and the Channel gleamed and flashed under a wakening, westerly breeze.
silver
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From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
sluices
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From this reading To West Haven they came, where the cliffs break and the rivers from Bridport flow through sluices into the little harbour.
specially
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From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
started
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From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
STORE-HOUSE
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From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
sun
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From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE OLD STORE-HOUSE Through a misty morning, made silver bright by the risen sun, Sabina and Raymond started for their August holiday.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Now the sun was over the sea and the Channel gleamed and flashed under a wakening, westerly breeze.
wakening
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From this reading Now the sun was over the sea and the Channel gleamed and flashed under a wakening, westerly breeze.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now the sun was over the sea and the Channel gleamed and flashed under a wakening, westerly breeze.
water-meadows
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From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
way
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From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
weather-worn
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From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
West
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From this reading To West Haven they came, where the cliffs break and the rivers from Bridport flow through sluices into the little harbour.
westerly
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From this reading Now the sun was over the sea and the Channel gleamed and flashed under a wakening, westerly breeze.
westwardadverbUS /ˈwɛstwərd/
toward the west
From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading To West Haven they came, where the cliffs break and the rivers from Bridport flow through sluices into the little harbour.
white
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From this reading They left Bridetown, passed through a white fog on the water-meadows and presently climbed to the cliffs and pursued their way westward.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Among the ancient, weather-worn buildings standing here with their feet in the sand drifts, was one specially picturesque.
