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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 CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
air
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
alleys
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From this reading Narrow, silent alleys awoke.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
ANN
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
awoke
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From this reading Narrow, silent alleys awoke.
belching
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
blackenedadjectiveUS /ˈblækənd/
made dark by burning or soot made dark by soot, burning, or black marks
From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
blinked
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
burned
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
CAPE
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
caught
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
chimneys
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
city
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
clouds
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
countless
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
cresting
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
curling
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
dazzling
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
Doors
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From this reading Doors opened and shut.
flags
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
flashed
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
floated
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
gold
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
gray
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
hid
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
hill
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
light
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
low-lying
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
many-eyed
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
mist
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
Narrow
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From this reading Narrow, silent alleys awoke.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
opened
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From this reading Doors opened and shut.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
rays
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
rising
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
river
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
rows
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
search-light
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
shut
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From this reading Doors opened and shut.
shutters
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
signal
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
silent
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From this reading Narrow, silent alleys awoke.
sleeping
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
SLOOP
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
smoke
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
stacks
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
steam
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
sun
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
tall
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
tenements
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
threw
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
tops
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
turned
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
upwards
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From this reading The blackened tops of the tall stacks caught the signal, and answered in belching clouds of gray steam that turned to gold as they floated upwards in the morning air.
waved
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
way
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From this reading THE CAPE ANN SLOOP The rising sun burned its way through a low-lying mist that hid the river, and flashed its search-light rays over the sleeping city.
wide
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From this reading The long rows of the many-eyed tenements cresting the hill blinked in the dazzling light, threw wide their shutters, and waved curling smoke flags from countless chimneys.
