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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 Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
ahead
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From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We soared over the divided channel of the St. Lawrence, between Orleans and the mainland.
Anne
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From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
Beaupre
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From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading We soared over the divided channel of the St. Lawrence, between Orleans and the mainland.
channel
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From this reading We soared over the divided channel of the St. Lawrence, between Orleans and the mainland.
de
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From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
dimly
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From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
dividednounUS /ˈdivided/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We soared over the divided channel of the St. Lawrence, between Orleans and the mainland.
Falls
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From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
Further
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From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
George
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From this reading "Swing left, George.
gray-black
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From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
hanging
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From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
higher
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From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
hills
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From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
ice
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From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
Lawrence
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From this reading We soared over the divided channel of the St. Lawrence, between Orleans and the mainland.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
lights
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From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
mainland
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From this reading We soared over the divided channel of the St. Lawrence, between Orleans and the mainland.
moment
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From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
Montmorency
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From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
murk
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From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
Niagara
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From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We soared over the divided channel of the St. Lawrence, between Orleans and the mainland.
Orleans
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From this reading We soared over the divided channel of the St. Lawrence, between Orleans and the mainland.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading We soared over the divided channel of the St. Lawrence, between Orleans and the mainland.
showed
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From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
soared
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From this reading We soared over the divided channel of the St. Lawrence, between Orleans and the mainland.
St
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From this reading We soared over the divided channel of the St. Lawrence, between Orleans and the mainland.
Swing
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From this reading "Swing left, George.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We soared over the divided channel of the St. Lawrence, between Orleans and the mainland.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
towering
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From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
veil
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From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
village
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From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
visible
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From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We soared over the divided channel of the St. Lawrence, between Orleans and the mainland.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.
white
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From this reading Montmorency Falls in a moment showed dimly white through the murk to our left, a great hanging veil of ice higher than Niagara.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Further ahead, the lights of the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre were visible with the gray-black towering hills behind them.