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aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Crows winging above them stood out against the sky like pencil-marks on clean paper.
abrupt
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Crows winging above them stood out against the sky like pencil-marks on clean paper.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
arch
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From this reading The sky was solid cold gray, with no arch and no hint of the lost sun.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
bobbing
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
broke
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
Carl
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
chillyadjectiveUS /ˈtʃɪli/
unpleasantly cold
From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
chunks
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
City
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
clean
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From this reading Crows winging above them stood out against the sky like pencil-marks on clean paper.
cold
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From this reading The sky was solid cold gray, with no arch and no hint of the lost sun.
Crows
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From this reading Crows winging above them stood out against the sky like pencil-marks on clean paper.
cut
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
defile
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
down
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
estates
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
far
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
filled
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
floating
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
flowed
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
freezing
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
gray
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From this reading The sky was solid cold gray, with no arch and no hint of the lost sun.
hint
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From this reading The sky was solid cold gray, with no arch and no hint of the lost sun.
houses
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
Hudson
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
ice-enameled
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
ice-floes
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
iron
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
ivy
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
like
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From this reading Crows winging above them stood out against the sky like pencil-marks on clean paper.
longing
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
lost
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From this reading The sky was solid cold gray, with no arch and no hint of the lost sun.
naked
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
New
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The sky was solid cold gray, with no arch and no hint of the lost sun.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
out
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From this reading Crows winging above them stood out against the sky like pencil-marks on clean paper.
Palisades
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
paper
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From this reading Crows winging above them stood out against the sky like pencil-marks on clean paper.
pencil-marks
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From this reading Crows winging above them stood out against the sky like pencil-marks on clean paper.
river
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
rock
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
Ruth
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
scowling
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
sheets
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
shivering
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
sky
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From this reading The sky was solid cold gray, with no arch and no hint of the lost sun.
slatey
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
slush
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
snow
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
snow-cloaked
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
solid
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From this reading The sky was solid cold gray, with no arch and no hint of the lost sun.
standing
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
sullenly
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
summer
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
sun
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From this reading The sky was solid cold gray, with no arch and no hint of the lost sun.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Crows winging above them stood out against the sky like pencil-marks on clean paper.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
trees
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
up
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
upper
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
water-drenched
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From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
wind
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From this reading The iron Hudson flowed sullenly, far below the ice-enameled rock on the Palisades, where stood Ruth and Carl, shivering in the abrupt wind that cut down the defile.
winging
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From this reading Crows winging above them stood out against the sky like pencil-marks on clean paper.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The scowling, slatey river was filled with ice-floes and chunks of floating, water-drenched snow that broke up into bobbing sheets of slush.
wrap
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
York
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From this reading The estates in upper New York City, across the river, were snow-cloaked, the trees chilly and naked, the houses standing out as though they were freezing and longing for their summer wrap of ivy.
