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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 Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
afloat
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Beneath, lower than the river, stretched broad, flat land, far as the eye could see.
BeneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Beneath, lower than the river, stretched broad, flat land, far as the eye could see.
Billy
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From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
broad
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From this reading Beneath, lower than the river, stretched broad, flat land, far as the eye could see.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Beneath, lower than the river, stretched broad, flat land, far as the eye could see.
countless
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
country
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From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
Crossing
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From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
day
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
direction
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
distance
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From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
dreamed
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
entered
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From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
eye
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From this reading Beneath, lower than the river, stretched broad, flat land, far as the eye could see.
far
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From this reading Beneath, lower than the river, stretched broad, flat land, far as the eye could see.
farm
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
farmhouses
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
feet
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
ferry
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From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
few
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
flat
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From this reading Beneath, lower than the river, stretched broad, flat land, far as the eye could see.
fringe
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the top of the levee she got her revelation.
got
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From this reading From the top of the levee she got her revelation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
heaped
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading From the top of the levee she got her revelation.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
islands
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
keep
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
land
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From this reading Beneath, lower than the river, stretched broad, flat land, far as the eye could see.
levee
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From this reading From the top of the levee she got her revelation.
levees
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
lonely
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
lower
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From this reading Beneath, lower than the river, stretched broad, flat land, far as the eye could see.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
night
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading From the top of the levee she got her revelation.
old-fashioned
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From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
other
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
pumped
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
ran
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
revelation
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From this reading From the top of the levee she got her revelation.
rich
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
Rio
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From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
river
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From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
Roads
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
Sacramento
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From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
sailing
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
saw
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
Saxon
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From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
see
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From this reading Beneath, lower than the river, stretched broad, flat land, far as the eye could see.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading From the top of the levee she got her revelation.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
side
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
spent
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
stretched
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From this reading Beneath, lower than the river, stretched broad, flat land, far as the eye could see.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Beneath, lower than the river, stretched broad, flat land, far as the eye could see.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
Three
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
top
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From this reading From the top of the levee she got her revelation.
up
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
Vista
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From this reading Crossing the Sacramento on an old-fashioned ferry a short distance above Rio Vista, Saxon and Billy entered the river country.
weeks
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From this reading Three weeks they spent among the rich farm islands, which heaped up levees and pumped day and night to keep afloat.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
willowy
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From this reading Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe.
