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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 It was a day of rather bright weather for the season.
air
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From this reading Grace’s lips sucked in this native air of hers like milk.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
breeze
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
bright
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From this reading It was a day of rather bright weather for the season.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
comparatively
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From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
corner
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From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
day
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From this reading It was a day of rather bright weather for the season.
denuded
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
down
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From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
ever-regardful
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From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
father
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From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
filtering
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was a day of rather bright weather for the season.
fresh
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
Grace's
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From this reading Grace’s lips sucked in this native air of hers like milk.
ground
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From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
herspronounUS /hərz/
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading Grace’s lips sucked in this native air of hers like milk.
hour's
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From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Grace’s lips sucked in this native air of hers like milk.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a day of rather bright weather for the season.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
ivy-leaf
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
leisure
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From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
like
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From this reading Grace’s lips sucked in this native air of hers like milk.
lips
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From this reading Grace’s lips sucked in this native air of hers like milk.
making
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
mass
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
Melbury
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From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
milk
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From this reading Grace’s lips sucked in this native air of hers like milk.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
native
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From this reading Grace’s lips sucked in this native air of hers like milk.
neighbor
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a day of rather bright weather for the season.
offered
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From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
out
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From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
place
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From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
ran
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From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
rather
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From this reading It was a day of rather bright weather for the season.
reached
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From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
restlessly
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
scratch
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
season
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From this reading It was a day of rather bright weather for the season.
soon
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From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
steady
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
sucked
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From this reading Grace’s lips sucked in this native air of hers like milk.
swaying
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was a day of rather bright weather for the season.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Grace’s lips sucked in this native air of hers like milk.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
trunks
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
twigs
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
underlying
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From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
walk
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From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a day of rather bright weather for the season.
weather
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From this reading It was a day of rather bright weather for the season.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Miss Melbury went out for a morning walk, and her ever-regardful father, having an hour’s leisure, offered to walk with her.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.
wood
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From this reading They soon reached a place where the wood ran down into a corner, and went outside it towards comparatively open ground.
