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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From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
aeroplane
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From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
asphalt
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From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
Beach
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From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
beer-drinking
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
bit
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From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
board-walk
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
book
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box
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From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
Carl
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Carl's
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From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
chocolates
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From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
city
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From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
collapsible
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From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
colored
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
come
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crowds
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From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
declared
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From this reading Ruth declared that she preferred them to the elegant loungers who were showing off new motor-coats on the board-walk.
dunes
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
elegant
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From this reading Ruth declared that she preferred them to the elegant loungers who were showing off new motor-coats on the board-walk.
end
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
family
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
find
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From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
first
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fishermen
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
grape-basket
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
groups
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
half-ready
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From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
hearts
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From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
hot
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From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
like
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
Long
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loungers
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From this reading Ruth declared that she preferred them to the elegant loungers who were showing off new motor-coats on the board-walk.
lunch-kit
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From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
lunches
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
mad-happy
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From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
made
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From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
magazine
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From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
motor-coats
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From this reading Ruth declared that she preferred them to the elegant loungers who were showing off new motor-coats on the board-walk.
motorists
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From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
near
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From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
nest
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From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
New
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From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
off
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From this reading Ruth declared that she preferred them to the elegant loungers who were showing off new motor-coats on the board-walk.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
out
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From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
parties
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
pickle-eating
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
picnicking
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
preferred
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From this reading Ruth declared that she preferred them to the elegant loungers who were showing off new motor-coats on the board-walk.
real
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From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
red
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
Ruth
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
sea
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From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ruth declared that she preferred them to the elegant loungers who were showing off new motor-coats on the board-walk.
shore
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From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
showing
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From this reading Ruth declared that she preferred them to the elegant loungers who were showing off new motor-coats on the board-walk.
sight
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From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
sky
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From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
Sunday
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supplements
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
table-cloths
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ruth declared that she preferred them to the elegant loungers who were showing off new motor-coats on the board-walk.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Ruth declared that she preferred them to the elegant loungers who were showing off new motor-coats on the board-walk.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
unashamed
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
vulgar
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From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Carl's first sight of it, save from an aeroplane, and he was mad-happy to find real shore so near the city.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Ruth declared that she preferred them to the elegant loungers who were showing off new motor-coats on the board-walk.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ruth and he were picnicking, vulgar and unashamed, among the dunes at the end of the long board-walk, like the beer-drinking, pickle-eating parties of fishermen and the family groups with red table-cloths, grape-basket lunches, and colored Sunday supplements.
withdrawn
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From this reading But Carl and she had withdrawn a bit from the crowds, and in the dunes had made a nest, with a book and a magazine and a box of chocolates and Carl's collapsible lunch-kit.
York
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From this reading Long Beach, on the first hot Sunday of May, when motorists come out from New York, half-ready to open asphalt hearts to sea and sky.
