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8th
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From this reading GRANDMOTHER’S STORY Mallowbanks, January 8th.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
all
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From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
Carin
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From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
chimney
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From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
close
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From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
cloud
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From this reading It is a witching hour, and grandmother looks unearthly and shining, with her hair gleaming in the firelight like a silver cloud in the sun.
down
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From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
drown
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From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
enough
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From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
falling
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From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
family
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From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
firelight
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From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
gleaming
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From this reading It is a witching hour, and grandmother looks unearthly and shining, with her hair gleaming in the firelight like a silver cloud in the sun.
grandmother
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From this reading It is a witching hour, and grandmother looks unearthly and shining, with her hair gleaming in the firelight like a silver cloud in the sun.
GRANDMOTHER'S
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From this reading GRANDMOTHER’S STORY Mallowbanks, January 8th.
hair
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From this reading It is a witching hour, and grandmother looks unearthly and shining, with her hair gleaming in the firelight like a silver cloud in the sun.
happy
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From this reading Very snug and happy we all are.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It is a witching hour, and grandmother looks unearthly and shining, with her hair gleaming in the firelight like a silver cloud in the sun.
high
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From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
hour
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From this reading It is a witching hour, and grandmother looks unearthly and shining, with her hair gleaming in the firelight like a silver cloud in the sun.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
January
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From this reading GRANDMOTHER’S STORY Mallowbanks, January 8th.
Keefe
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From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
like
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From this reading It is a witching hour, and grandmother looks unearthly and shining, with her hair gleaming in the firelight like a silver cloud in the sun.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
looks
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From this reading It is a witching hour, and grandmother looks unearthly and shining, with her hair gleaming in the firelight like a silver cloud in the sun.
loud
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From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
louder
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From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
Mallowbanks
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From this reading GRANDMOTHER’S STORY Mallowbanks, January 8th.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
musical
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From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
noises
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From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
Play
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From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
rain
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From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
rises
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From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
shining
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From this reading It is a witching hour, and grandmother looks unearthly and shining, with her hair gleaming in the firelight like a silver cloud in the sun.
silver
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From this reading It is a witching hour, and grandmother looks unearthly and shining, with her hair gleaming in the firelight like a silver cloud in the sun.
sitting
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From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
snug
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From this reading Very snug and happy we all are.
STORY
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From this reading GRANDMOTHER’S STORY Mallowbanks, January 8th.
sun
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From this reading It is a witching hour, and grandmother looks unearthly and shining, with her hair gleaming in the firelight like a silver cloud in the sun.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
unearthly
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From this reading It is a witching hour, and grandmother looks unearthly and shining, with her hair gleaming in the firelight like a silver cloud in the sun.
Very
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From this reading Very snug and happy we all are.
voice
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From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
waiting
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From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Very snug and happy we all are.
whistles
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From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If the wind whistles down the chimney, it is, after all, not loud enough to drown my little grandmother’s voice, for it is a high and musical one, and rises above noises louder than itself.
witching
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From this reading It is a witching hour, and grandmother looks unearthly and shining, with her hair gleaming in the firelight like a silver cloud in the sun.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Carin_, _my waiting one_: Play you are sitting in the firelight with all my family, and Keefe close beside me, and the rain falling outside.
