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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 TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
almost
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From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
alongshore
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From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
back
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From this reading They rolled back, parting for a phantom Exodus.
birds
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From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
boots
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
breath
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From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
bright
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
burned
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
came
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
chorusnounUS /ˈkɔrəs/
a group singing together
From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
coal
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
comes
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
cool
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From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
cord
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
cover
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From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
dawning
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From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
dew
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
drove
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
dying
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From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
eastern
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
elms
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From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
Exodus
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From this reading They rolled back, parting for a phantom Exodus.
fairy
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From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
fields
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From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
fire
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
flights
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From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They rolled back, parting for a phantom Exodus.
fresh-water
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From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
grass
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
grown
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
hills
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
home
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
horizon
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
incandescent
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
joy
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From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
knee
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
leaves
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From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
like
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
made
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From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
man's
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
Miles
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
mingled
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From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
once
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
parting
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From this reading They rolled back, parting for a phantom Exodus.
PASSES
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From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
petals
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
phantomnounUS /ˈfæn.təm/
A ghost or apparition; a figment of the imagination or a hidden dweller.
From this reading They rolled back, parting for a phantom Exodus.
rim
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
river
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
rolled
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From this reading They rolled back, parting for a phantom Exodus.
sea
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From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
sharplynounUS /ˈsharply/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
slowly
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
smells
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From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
snapping
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
soaked
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
spattered
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
spice
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From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
strawberry
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From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
sun
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
tall
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
theatric
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From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They rolled back, parting for a phantom Exodus.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
tight
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
TONY
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From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
vapors
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From this reading The rim of eastern hills had grown incandescent, till like a coal of fire snapping a tight cord, the sun burned through the horizon, and drove thin vapors slowly across the river.
vehement
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From this reading TONY PASSES The birds, after a dawning chorus of vehement, almost theatric joy, made their first short flights from cover to cover among the elms.
wading
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
weather
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
white
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The breath of the sea mingled sharply with cool fresh-water smells alongshore, and in the fields with the fairy spice of dying strawberry leaves.
yellow
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From this reading It was that bright weather which comes once in a man’s life; and Miles, his boots soaked in dew, spattered to the knee with white and yellow petals, came wading home through tall grass.
