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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 Saxon screamed in sudden wonder of delight, then caught her breath and gazed at the amazing peacock-blue of a breaker, shot through with golden sunlight, overfalling in a mile-long sweep and thundering into white ruin of foam on a crescent beach of sand scarcely less white.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
amazing
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From this reading Saxon screamed in sudden wonder of delight, then caught her breath and gazed at the amazing peacock-blue of a breaker, shot through with golden sunlight, overfalling in a mile-long sweep and thundering into white ruin of foam on a crescent beach of sand scarcely less white.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dropping down through the pungent pines, they passed woods-embowered cottages, quaint and rustic, of artists and writers, and went on across wind-blown rolling sandhills held to place by sturdy lupine and nodding with pale California poppies.
any
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aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
artists
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Saxon screamed in sudden wonder of delight, then caught her breath and gazed at the amazing peacock-blue of a breaker, shot through with golden sunlight, overfalling in a mile-long sweep and thundering into white ruin of foam on a crescent beach of sand scarcely less white.
basket
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From this reading She was recalled to herself when Billy, laughing, tried to remove the telescope basket from her shoulders.
Bay
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beach
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beauty
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Billy
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breaker
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breakers
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breath
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
California
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came
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Carmel
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caught
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coast
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cottages
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county
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crescent
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deep
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delight
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didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading How long they stood and watched the stately procession of breakers, rising from out the deep and wind-capped sea to froth and thunder at their feet, Saxon did not know.
direct
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down
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Drive
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Dropping
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feet
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foam
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fore-glimmerings
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
froth
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gazed
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golden
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
held
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herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Saxon screamed in sudden wonder of delight, then caught her breath and gazed at the amazing peacock-blue of a breaker, shot through with golden sunlight, overfalling in a mile-long sweep and thundering into white ruin of foam on a crescent beach of sand scarcely less white.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She was recalled to herself when Billy, laughing, tried to remove the telescope basket from her shoulders.
hills
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How
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Saxon screamed in sudden wonder of delight, then caught her breath and gazed at the amazing peacock-blue of a breaker, shot through with golden sunlight, overfalling in a mile-long sweep and thundering into white ruin of foam on a crescent beach of sand scarcely less white.
instead
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Saxon screamed in sudden wonder of delight, then caught her breath and gazed at the amazing peacock-blue of a breaker, shot through with golden sunlight, overfalling in a mile-long sweep and thundering into white ruin of foam on a crescent beach of sand scarcely less white.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How long they stood and watched the stately procession of breakers, rising from out the deep and wind-capped sea to froth and thunder at their feet, Saxon did not know.
laughing
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From this reading She was recalled to herself when Billy, laughing, tried to remove the telescope basket from her shoulders.
less
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longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How long they stood and watched the stately procession of breakers, rising from out the deep and wind-capped sea to froth and thunder at their feet, Saxon did not know.
lupine
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Mile
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mile-long
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Monterey
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nodding
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notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading How long they stood and watched the stately procession of breakers, rising from out the deep and wind-capped sea to froth and thunder at their feet, Saxon did not know.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Dropping down through the pungent pines, they passed woods-embowered cottages, quaint and rustic, of artists and writers, and went on across wind-blown rolling sandhills held to place by sturdy lupine and nodding with pale California poppies.
out
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overfalling
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pale
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passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dropping down through the pungent pines, they passed woods-embowered cottages, quaint and rustic, of artists and writers, and went on across wind-blown rolling sandhills held to place by sturdy lupine and nodding with pale California poppies.
peacock-blue
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pines
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place
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poppies
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procession
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pungent
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quaint
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recalled
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From this reading She was recalled to herself when Billy, laughing, tried to remove the telescope basket from her shoulders.
remove
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From this reading She was recalled to herself when Billy, laughing, tried to remove the telescope basket from her shoulders.
rising
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road
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rolling
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ruin
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rustic
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sand
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sandhills
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Saxon
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scarcely
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screamed
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sea
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Seventeen
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ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was recalled to herself when Billy, laughing, tried to remove the telescope basket from her shoulders.
shot
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shoulders
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From this reading She was recalled to herself when Billy, laughing, tried to remove the telescope basket from her shoulders.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
stately
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stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How long they stood and watched the stately procession of breakers, rising from out the deep and wind-capped sea to froth and thunder at their feet, Saxon did not know.
sturdy
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suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Saxon screamed in sudden wonder of delight, then caught her breath and gazed at the amazing peacock-blue of a breaker, shot through with golden sunlight, overfalling in a mile-long sweep and thundering into white ruin of foam on a crescent beach of sand scarcely less white.
sunlight
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sweep
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taken
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telescope
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From this reading She was recalled to herself when Billy, laughing, tried to remove the telescope basket from her shoulders.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading How long they stood and watched the stately procession of breakers, rising from out the deep and wind-capped sea to froth and thunder at their feet, Saxon did not know.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
then
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TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Dropping down through the pungent pines, they passed woods-embowered cottages, quaint and rustic, of artists and writers, and went on across wind-blown rolling sandhills held to place by sturdy lupine and nodding with pale California poppies.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading How long they stood and watched the stately procession of breakers, rising from out the deep and wind-capped sea to froth and thunder at their feet, Saxon did not know.
thundering
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From this reading Saxon screamed in sudden wonder of delight, then caught her breath and gazed at the amazing peacock-blue of a breaker, shot through with golden sunlight, overfalling in a mile-long sweep and thundering into white ruin of foam on a crescent beach of sand scarcely less white.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dropping down through the pungent pines, they passed woods-embowered cottages, quaint and rustic, of artists and writers, and went on across wind-blown rolling sandhills held to place by sturdy lupine and nodding with pale California poppies.
tried
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From this reading She was recalled to herself when Billy, laughing, tried to remove the telescope basket from her shoulders.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was recalled to herself when Billy, laughing, tried to remove the telescope basket from her shoulders.
watched
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From this reading How long they stood and watched the stately procession of breakers, rising from out the deep and wind-capped sea to froth and thunder at their feet, Saxon did not know.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dropping down through the pungent pines, they passed woods-embowered cottages, quaint and rustic, of artists and writers, and went on across wind-blown rolling sandhills held to place by sturdy lupine and nodding with pale California poppies.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She was recalled to herself when Billy, laughing, tried to remove the telescope basket from her shoulders.
white
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From this reading Saxon screamed in sudden wonder of delight, then caught her breath and gazed at the amazing peacock-blue of a breaker, shot through with golden sunlight, overfalling in a mile-long sweep and thundering into white ruin of foam on a crescent beach of sand scarcely less white.
wind-blown
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From this reading Dropping down through the pungent pines, they passed woods-embowered cottages, quaint and rustic, of artists and writers, and went on across wind-blown rolling sandhills held to place by sturdy lupine and nodding with pale California poppies.
wind-capped
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From this reading How long they stood and watched the stately procession of breakers, rising from out the deep and wind-capped sea to froth and thunder at their feet, Saxon did not know.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dropping down through the pungent pines, they passed woods-embowered cottages, quaint and rustic, of artists and writers, and went on across wind-blown rolling sandhills held to place by sturdy lupine and nodding with pale California poppies.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
wonder
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From this reading Saxon screamed in sudden wonder of delight, then caught her breath and gazed at the amazing peacock-blue of a breaker, shot through with golden sunlight, overfalling in a mile-long sweep and thundering into white ruin of foam on a crescent beach of sand scarcely less white.
woods-embowered
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From this reading Dropping down through the pungent pines, they passed woods-embowered cottages, quaint and rustic, of artists and writers, and went on across wind-blown rolling sandhills held to place by sturdy lupine and nodding with pale California poppies.
writers
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From this reading Dropping down through the pungent pines, they passed woods-embowered cottages, quaint and rustic, of artists and writers, and went on across wind-blown rolling sandhills held to place by sturdy lupine and nodding with pale California poppies.
