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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 RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
air
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
ar
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From this reading “Them days,” continued Ella in a distant monotone, “the Injuns camped in back of ar house at Sweet Water.
Arcadian
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
asunder
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
back
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From this reading “Them days,” continued Ella in a distant monotone, “the Injuns camped in back of ar house at Sweet Water.
bench
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
blackness
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
blossoms
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
brief
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
BROOK
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From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
calendar
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
calm
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From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
camped
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From this reading “Them days,” continued Ella in a distant monotone, “the Injuns camped in back of ar house at Sweet Water.
cardinal
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
companion
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From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
confoundedadjectiveUS /kənˈfaʊndɪd/
annoying or confusing
From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Them days,” continued Ella in a distant monotone, “the Injuns camped in back of ar house at Sweet Water.
cool
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
daylight
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
days
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From this reading “Them days,” continued Ella in a distant monotone, “the Injuns camped in back of ar house at Sweet Water.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading “Them days,” continued Ella in a distant monotone, “the Injuns camped in back of ar house at Sweet Water.
down
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
dusk
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From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
edge
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
Ella
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From this reading “Them days,” continued Ella in a distant monotone, “the Injuns camped in back of ar house at Sweet Water.
elusive
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
evening
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From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
facing
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
faint
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
far
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
farthest
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
fell
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
festival
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
field
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
fragrance
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
girdled
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
hackmatack
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
handiwork
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
hill
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
hooked
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
house
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From this reading “Them days,” continued Ella in a distant monotone, “the Injuns camped in back of ar house at Sweet Water.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
Injuns
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From this reading “Them days,” continued Ella in a distant monotone, “the Injuns camped in back of ar house at Sweet Water.
inlet
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
interval
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
land
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
later
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From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
lay
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
lazily
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
leaning
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
lined
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
lower
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
margins
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
marked
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
Miles
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From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
monotone
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From this reading “Them days,” continued Ella in a distant monotone, “the Injuns camped in back of ar house at Sweet Water.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
night
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
off
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
only
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
orchard
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
outdoors
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From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
parted
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
plain
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
points
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
promontory
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
quarter
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
rare
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
ridge
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
river
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
RUNNINGnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
sat
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From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
saw
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
season
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
sense
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
shore
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
shoulder
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
sole
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From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
Some
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From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
spring
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
stars
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
stir
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
summer
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
Sweet
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From this reading “Them days,” continued Ella in a distant monotone, “the Injuns camped in back of ar house at Sweet Water.
talked
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
tempered
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
ThempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Them days,” continued Ella in a distant monotone, “the Injuns camped in back of ar house at Sweet Water.
thoughts
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
Tony's
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
too
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
transition
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From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
trunk
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
two
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
valley
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From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
warm
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
water
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
weeks
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From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A little bench--Tony’s handiwork--girdled the hackmatack, so that while leaning against the same trunk, each saw a different quarter of the valley, and talked over the shoulder lazily, facing two cardinal points, with thoughts as far asunder.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
year
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From this reading THE RUNNING BROOK Some weeks later, at dusk on a calm evening, Miles and his sole companion sat outdoors for the first time that year.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The time was neither spring nor summer, but that rare Arcadian interval, too brief for a season, too elusive for even a transition, and yet in the calendar of sense marked off as plain as a festival.
zigzag
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From this reading The night fell neither warm nor cool; a tempered fragrance of blossoms drew down, without stir of air, from the orchard over the hill; lower field and shore, river and farthest ridge, lay confounded in blackness under the stars, land and water parted only by faint zigzag margins, where the last edge of daylight lined some inlet or hooked about a promontory.
