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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 Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Northeast, across Green Lane, lay the Mill Pond, sheeted in mist, separated from the bay by an indented causeway.
aloft
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Northeast, across Green Lane, lay the Mill Pond, sheeted in mist, separated from the bay by an indented causeway.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
basket
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
bay
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
beacon
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
blanketed
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
Boston
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
causeway
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From this reading Northeast, across Green Lane, lay the Mill Pond, sheeted in mist, separated from the bay by an indented causeway.
close
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From this reading From my window I could distinguish the shadowy ship-yards close by.
Corps
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading From my window I could distinguish the shadowy ship-yards close by.
distinguish
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From this reading From my window I could distinguish the shadowy ship-yards close by.
dripping
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From this reading Across the street, through the white mist lifting, spectral warehouses loomed, every shutter locked, iron gates dripping rust.
dusky
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
east
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Across the street, through the white mist lifting, spectral warehouses loomed, every shutter locked, iron gates dripping rust.
flared
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From my window I could distinguish the shadowy ship-yards close by.
gates
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From this reading Across the street, through the white mist lifting, spectral warehouses loomed, every shutter locked, iron gates dripping rust.
glimmered
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
Green
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From this reading Northeast, across Green Lane, lay the Mill Pond, sheeted in mist, separated from the bay by an indented causeway.
Hill
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading From my window I could distinguish the shadowy ship-yards close by.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Northeast, across Green Lane, lay the Mill Pond, sheeted in mist, separated from the bay by an indented causeway.
indented
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From this reading Northeast, across Green Lane, lay the Mill Pond, sheeted in mist, separated from the bay by an indented causeway.
inflamed
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
iron
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
lamp
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
Lane
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From this reading Northeast, across Green Lane, lay the Mill Pond, sheeted in mist, separated from the bay by an indented causeway.
lay
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
lens
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
lifting
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From this reading Across the street, through the white mist lifting, spectral warehouses loomed, every shutter locked, iron gates dripping rust.
light
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
Like
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
locked
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From this reading Across the street, through the white mist lifting, spectral warehouses loomed, every shutter locked, iron gates dripping rust.
loomed
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From this reading Across the street, through the white mist lifting, spectral warehouses loomed, every shutter locked, iron gates dripping rust.
Mill
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From this reading Northeast, across Green Lane, lay the Mill Pond, sheeted in mist, separated from the bay by an indented causeway.
mist
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From this reading Northeast, across Green Lane, lay the Mill Pond, sheeted in mist, separated from the bay by an indented causeway.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading From my window I could distinguish the shadowy ship-yards close by.
Northeast
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From this reading Northeast, across Green Lane, lay the Mill Pond, sheeted in mist, separated from the bay by an indented causeway.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
out
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
paling
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
peeringverbUS /ˈpɪrɪŋ/
looking closely or carefully
From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
Pond
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From this reading Northeast, across Green Lane, lay the Mill Pond, sheeted in mist, separated from the bay by an indented causeway.
red
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
rigging
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
round
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
rust
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From this reading Across the street, through the white mist lifting, spectral warehouses loomed, every shutter locked, iron gates dripping rust.
sank
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
separated
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From this reading Northeast, across Green Lane, lay the Mill Pond, sheeted in mist, separated from the bay by an indented causeway.
shadowy
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From this reading From my window I could distinguish the shadowy ship-yards close by.
sheeted
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From this reading Northeast, across Green Lane, lay the Mill Pond, sheeted in mist, separated from the bay by an indented causeway.
ship-yards
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From this reading From my window I could distinguish the shadowy ship-yards close by.
shutter
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From this reading Across the street, through the white mist lifting, spectral warehouses loomed, every shutter locked, iron gates dripping rust.
signal-fires
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
smoky
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
smother
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
spectral
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From this reading Across the street, through the white mist lifting, spectral warehouses loomed, every shutter locked, iron gates dripping rust.
street
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From this reading Across the street, through the white mist lifting, spectral warehouses loomed, every shutter locked, iron gates dripping rust.
sun
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
swung
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
tangle
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
thick
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
twinkled
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
vapours
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From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
war-ship's
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From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
warehouses
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From this reading Across the street, through the white mist lifting, spectral warehouses loomed, every shutter locked, iron gates dripping rust.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On Corps Hill the paling signal-fires went out, one by one; a green light twinkled aloft in the dusky tangle of a war-ship's rigging; the smoky beacon in its iron basket flared, sank, glimmered, and went out.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Like a red lamp the sun swung above the smoky east, its round, inflamed lens peering through the smother beneath which Boston lay, blanketed by the thick vapours of the bay.
white
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From this reading Across the street, through the white mist lifting, spectral warehouses loomed, every shutter locked, iron gates dripping rust.
window
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From this reading From my window I could distinguish the shadowy ship-yards close by.
