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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 There was a night of hurried storm long remembered in Le Prieuré.
All
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From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
artillery
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From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
awoke
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From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
Billows
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From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
black
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breaking
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From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
brief
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From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
brows
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
cannonade
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
crackled
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From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
dancing
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
dense
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From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
down
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
drip
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From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
drove
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From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
echoes
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From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
exhaustion
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From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
flow
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
foamed
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
glaciers
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
hail
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
hills
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
hurried
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From this reading There was a night of hurried storm long remembered in Le Prieuré.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a night of hurried storm long remembered in Le Prieuré.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
Le
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From this reading There was a night of hurried storm long remembered in Le Prieuré.
leaving
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From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
like
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From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a night of hurried storm long remembered in Le Prieuré.
marked
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From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
melt
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
mountains
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From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
new
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From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
night
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From this reading There was a night of hurried storm long remembered in Le Prieuré.
occupy
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From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a night of hurried storm long remembered in Le Prieuré.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
overwhelming
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From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
passing
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From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
pellets
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
Prieuré
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From this reading There was a night of hurried storm long remembered in Le Prieuré.
quiet
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From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
remembered
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From this reading There was a night of hurried storm long remembered in Le Prieuré.
retreat
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From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
roofs
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
rushing
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From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
smoke
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From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
smoked
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
space
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From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
squalls
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From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
storm
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From this reading There was a night of hurried storm long remembered in Le Prieuré.
stunning
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From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
swept
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From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
tempest
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From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
then
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From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
There
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From this reading There was a night of hurried storm long remembered in Le Prieuré.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
torrents
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From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
trees
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From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The roofs smoked under the cannonade of hail; the glaciers foamed like torrents with the dancing pellets; the brows of the hills seemed to melt and flow down.
unlimbered
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From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
up
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From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
uproar
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From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
vacuum
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From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a night of hurried storm long remembered in Le Prieuré.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All during it the wind drove up in squalls, like the thunder of passing artillery, unlimbered over the mountains, crackled into brief tempest, and swept on.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Billows of black smoke marked its passage, each in its retreat leaving a vacuum of dense silence, until the next, rushing in to occupy it, awoke the echoes with new uproar.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
wounded
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From this reading Everything would be sudden, stunning, overwhelming for a space; and then--exhaustion, and the drip of wounded trees alone breaking the quiet.
