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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 The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
bells
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
bent
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
boughs
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
branch
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From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
bright
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From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
came
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From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
cloak
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From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
COMES
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From this reading WHO COMES?
continuous
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From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
crystal
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From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
days
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From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
down
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
fairy
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
flowers
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From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
frosted
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From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
glass
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From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
glistening
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
hoar-frost
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From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
house
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From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
hung
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From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
ice
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From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
icicles
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
island
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From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
led
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From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
like
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
load
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
melted
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From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
mists
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From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
only
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From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
ownerless
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From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
paths
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From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
rang
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
received
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From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
resting-place
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From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
rime
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From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
silver
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From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
stirred
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
stories
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
sunny
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From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
Then
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From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
Therese's
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From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
thickly
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From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
together
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
turned
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From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
twig
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From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
weeping-willow
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From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Over the thickly frosted paths only one track led from the house, and that went to Therese's resting-place.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
WHOpronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading WHO COMES?
whole
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From this reading Then came bright sunny days; they melted the rime into ice: every branch received a crystal cloak, as if the whole island were of glass.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This glistening load bent down the boughs like those of a weeping-willow, and when the wind stirred the wood, the icicles struck together and rang like the silver bells in the fairy stories.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
wood
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From this reading The hoar-frost had turned the ownerless island into a silver wood; continuous mists had hung every twig with flowers of rime.
