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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 They sat on the trunk of a fallen tree, in the topmost corner of the field.
air
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From this reading A soft west wind blew in their faces; the air immediately around them was filled with sunlight.
almost
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
arms
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading A soft west wind blew in their faces; the air immediately around them was filled with sunlight.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the hedge, close at hand, was a commotion of birds.
away
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From this reading In the elm tree, a little further away, a thrush was singing.
birds
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From this reading In the hedge, close at hand, was a commotion of birds.
blew
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From this reading A soft west wind blew in their faces; the air immediately around them was filled with sunlight.
cars
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
city
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
clanging
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
close
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From this reading In the hedge, close at hand, was a commotion of birds.
commotion
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From this reading In the hedge, close at hand, was a commotion of birds.
corner
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From this reading They sat on the trunk of a fallen tree, in the topmost corner of the field.
electric
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
elm
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From this reading In the elm tree, a little further away, a thrush was singing.
faces
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From this reading A soft west wind blew in their faces; the air immediately around them was filled with sunlight.
fallen
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From this reading They sat on the trunk of a fallen tree, in the topmost corner of the field.
feet
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
field
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From this reading They sat on the trunk of a fallen tree, in the topmost corner of the field.
filled
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From this reading A soft west wind blew in their faces; the air immediately around them was filled with sunlight.
further
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From this reading In the elm tree, a little further away, a thrush was singing.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
hand
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From this reading In the hedge, close at hand, was a commotion of birds.
hedge
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From this reading In the hedge, close at hand, was a commotion of birds.
immediately
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From this reading A soft west wind blew in their faces; the air immediately around them was filled with sunlight.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They sat on the trunk of a fallen tree, in the topmost corner of the field.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the elm tree, a little further away, a thrush was singing.
miles
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They sat on the trunk of a fallen tree, in the topmost corner of the field.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They sat on the trunk of a fallen tree, in the topmost corner of the field.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
plots
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
rows
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
sat
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From this reading They sat on the trunk of a fallen tree, in the topmost corner of the field.
shops
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
singing
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From this reading In the elm tree, a little further away, a thrush was singing.
soft
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From this reading A soft west wind blew in their faces; the air immediately around them was filled with sunlight.
stretched
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
struggling
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
suburb
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
sunlight
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From this reading A soft west wind blew in their faces; the air immediately around them was filled with sunlight.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They sat on the trunk of a fallen tree, in the topmost corner of the field.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A soft west wind blew in their faces; the air immediately around them was filled with sunlight.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A soft west wind blew in their faces; the air immediately around them was filled with sunlight.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They sat on the trunk of a fallen tree, in the topmost corner of the field.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
thrush
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From this reading In the elm tree, a little further away, a thrush was singing.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
topmost
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From this reading They sat on the trunk of a fallen tree, in the topmost corner of the field.
tree
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From this reading They sat on the trunk of a fallen tree, in the topmost corner of the field.
trunk
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From this reading They sat on the trunk of a fallen tree, in the topmost corner of the field.
villas
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From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the hedge, close at hand, was a commotion of birds.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
west
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From this reading A soft west wind blew in their faces; the air immediately around them was filled with sunlight.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A soft west wind blew in their faces; the air immediately around them was filled with sunlight.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A soft west wind blew in their faces; the air immediately around them was filled with sunlight.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet almost to their feet stretched one of those great arms of the city--a suburb, with its miles of villas, its clanging of electric cars, its waste plots, its rows of struggling shops.
