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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 Through his second-floor office window, he saw a forty-foot flower-petal shape of pale turquoise settling gently between the well-tended petunia beds on the courthouse lawn.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They came In friendship and love.
bag
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basket
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beds
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behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
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betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
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came
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Carter
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caterpillar
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From this reading On the upper, or stem end of the vessel, a translucent pink panel popped up and a slender, graceful form not unlike a large violet caterpillar undulated into view.
chair
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chicken
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Circuit
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couldn't
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Court
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courthouse
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crumpled
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drop
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end
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finished
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flower-petal
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form
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forty-foot
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friendship
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From this reading They came In friendship and love.
Gates
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gently
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graceful
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hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Through his second-floor office window, he saw a forty-foot flower-petal shape of pale turquoise settling gently between the well-tended petunia beds on the courthouse lawn.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They couldn't help the way they looked!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They came In friendship and love.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On the upper, or stem end of the vessel, a translucent pink panel popped up and a slender, graceful form not unlike a large violet caterpillar undulated into view.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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Judge
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large
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From this reading On the upper, or stem end of the vessel, a translucent pink panel popped up and a slender, graceful form not unlike a large violet caterpillar undulated into view.
lawn
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lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They couldn't help the way they looked!
love
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From this reading They came In friendship and love.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading On the upper, or stem end of the vessel, a translucent pink panel popped up and a slender, graceful form not unlike a large violet caterpillar undulated into view.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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office
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading On the upper, or stem end of the vessel, a translucent pink panel popped up and a slender, graceful form not unlike a large violet caterpillar undulated into view.
pale
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panel
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paper
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petunia
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pink
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popped
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salad
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sat
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saw
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second-floor
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settling
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shape
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slender
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From this reading On the upper, or stem end of the vessel, a translucent pink panel popped up and a slender, graceful form not unlike a large violet caterpillar undulated into view.
stem
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They couldn't help the way they looked!
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They came In friendship and love.
ThirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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thoughtfully
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ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through his second-floor office window, he saw a forty-foot flower-petal shape of pale turquoise settling gently between the well-tended petunia beds on the courthouse lawn.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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transfixed
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translucent
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From this reading On the upper, or stem end of the vessel, a translucent pink panel popped up and a slender, graceful form not unlike a large violet caterpillar undulated into view.
turned
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turquoise
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undulated
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unlike
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From this reading On the upper, or stem end of the vessel, a translucent pink panel popped up and a slender, graceful form not unlike a large violet caterpillar undulated into view.
up
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upper
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vessel
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view
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violet
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wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
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waxed
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way
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From this reading They couldn't help the way they looked!
well-tended
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wheat
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whole
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window
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