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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 Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading All about smiled the sunshine; sarcastic, isolate as though it had seen nothing, heard nothing.
All
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From this reading All about smiled the sunshine; sarcastic, isolate as though it had seen nothing, heard nothing.
ALONEnounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN SIGHT OF GOD ALONE An hour had passed.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading IN SIGHT OF GOD ALONE An hour had passed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
blazed
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From this reading Even the close-fed grass whereon the wheels of the old road waggon had temporarily blazed a trail had returned normally erect.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
close-fed
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From this reading Even the close-fed grass whereon the wheels of the old road waggon had temporarily blazed a trail had returned normally erect.
cloud
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From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
dot
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From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
earth
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From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
east
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From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
erect
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From this reading Even the close-fed grass whereon the wheels of the old road waggon had temporarily blazed a trail had returned normally erect.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
former
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From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
forms
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From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
gathered
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From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
GOD
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From this reading IN SIGHT OF GOD ALONE An hour had passed.
gone
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From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
grass
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From this reading Even the close-fed grass whereon the wheels of the old road waggon had temporarily blazed a trail had returned normally erect.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading IN SIGHT OF GOD ALONE An hour had passed.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
heard
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From this reading All about smiled the sunshine; sarcastic, isolate as though it had seen nothing, heard nothing.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
horizon
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From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
hour
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From this reading IN SIGHT OF GOD ALONE An hour had passed.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN SIGHT OF GOD ALONE An hour had passed.
indicated
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From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
isolate
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From this reading All about smiled the sunshine; sarcastic, isolate as though it had seen nothing, heard nothing.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
Manning
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From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
normally
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From this reading Even the close-fed grass whereon the wheels of the old road waggon had temporarily blazed a trail had returned normally erect.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading All about smiled the sunshine; sarcastic, isolate as though it had seen nothing, heard nothing.
now
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From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN SIGHT OF GOD ALONE An hour had passed.
old
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From this reading Even the close-fed grass whereon the wheels of the old road waggon had temporarily blazed a trail had returned normally erect.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
parched
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From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN SIGHT OF GOD ALONE An hour had passed.
presence
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From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
rain
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From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Even the close-fed grass whereon the wheels of the old road waggon had temporarily blazed a trail had returned normally erect.
road
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From this reading Even the close-fed grass whereon the wheels of the old road waggon had temporarily blazed a trail had returned normally erect.
sarcastic
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From this reading All about smiled the sunshine; sarcastic, isolate as though it had seen nothing, heard nothing.
seen
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From this reading All about smiled the sunshine; sarcastic, isolate as though it had seen nothing, heard nothing.
SIGHT
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From this reading IN SIGHT OF GOD ALONE An hour had passed.
smiled
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From this reading All about smiled the sunshine; sarcastic, isolate as though it had seen nothing, heard nothing.
storm
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From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
SuddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
sunshine
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From this reading All about smiled the sunshine; sarcastic, isolate as though it had seen nothing, heard nothing.
taken
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From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
temporarily
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From this reading Even the close-fed grass whereon the wheels of the old road waggon had temporarily blazed a trail had returned normally erect.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Suddenly, as a rain cloud forms over the parched earth, the storm had gathered and broken; and passed on as though it had not been.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
trail
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From this reading Even the close-fed grass whereon the wheels of the old road waggon had temporarily blazed a trail had returned normally erect.
waggon
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From this reading Even the close-fed grass whereon the wheels of the old road waggon had temporarily blazed a trail had returned normally erect.
way
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From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
wheels
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From this reading Even the close-fed grass whereon the wheels of the old road waggon had temporarily blazed a trail had returned normally erect.
whereon
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From this reading Even the close-fed grass whereon the wheels of the old road waggon had temporarily blazed a trail had returned normally erect.
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading Manning had gone; and on the horizon to the east whither he had taken his way not even a dot now indicated his former presence.
