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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 log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
all
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
Allatoona
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading New Hope Church was somewhere near, but its opening, too, was hardly more than guessed at.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
blue-green
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
bright
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
Burnt
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
cabin
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
called
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From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
Church
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From this reading New Hope Church was somewhere near, but its opening, too, was hardly more than guessed at.
cone
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From this reading In the distance, veiled with light, sprang Lost Mountain and the cone of Kennesaw.
Creek
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From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
Dallas
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
daughter
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From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
distance
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From this reading In the distance, veiled with light, sprang Lost Mountain and the cone of Kennesaw.
emeraldnounUS /ˈemərəld/
a bright green precious stone
From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
Far
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
flashed
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From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
gold-green
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
guessed
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From this reading New Hope Church was somewhere near, but its opening, too, was hardly more than guessed at.
hamlets
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
hardly
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From this reading New Hope Church was somewhere near, but its opening, too, was hardly more than guessed at.
Hickory
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
hill
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From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
Hope
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From this reading New Hope Church was somewhere near, but its opening, too, was hardly more than guessed at.
horizons
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the distance, veiled with light, sprang Lost Mountain and the cone of Kennesaw.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading New Hope Church was somewhere near, but its opening, too, was hardly more than guessed at.
Kennesaw
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From this reading In the distance, veiled with light, sprang Lost Mountain and the cone of Kennesaw.
light
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From this reading In the distance, veiled with light, sprang Lost Mountain and the cone of Kennesaw.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
log
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
Lost
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From this reading In the distance, veiled with light, sprang Lost Mountain and the cone of Kennesaw.
meanderings
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From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
more
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From this reading New Hope Church was somewhere near, but its opening, too, was hardly more than guessed at.
Mountain
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From this reading In the distance, veiled with light, sprang Lost Mountain and the cone of Kennesaw.
near
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
New
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From this reading New Hope Church was somewhere near, but its opening, too, was hardly more than guessed at.
north
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
opening
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From this reading New Hope Church was somewhere near, but its opening, too, was hardly more than guessed at.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
out
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
Powder
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
Pumpkin-Vine
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From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
rippling
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From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
rolled
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
Roxanna
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
sea
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
seen
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From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
shimmered
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
sky
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
soldiers
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From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
somewhere
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From this reading New Hope Church was somewhere near, but its opening, too, was hardly more than guessed at.
south
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
sprang
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From this reading In the distance, veiled with light, sprang Lost Mountain and the cone of Kennesaw.
Spring
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
stream
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From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
summer
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
sunk
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading New Hope Church was somewhere near, but its opening, too, was hardly more than guessed at.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
there
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
too
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From this reading New Hope Church was somewhere near, but its opening, too, was hardly more than guessed at.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
veiled
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From this reading In the distance, veiled with light, sprang Lost Mountain and the cone of Kennesaw.
village
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From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
violet-green
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Far or near there were hamlets—Powder Spring, Burnt Hickory, Roxanna—north, there was the village of Allatoona, and south, that of Dallas; but from the log cabin all were sunk in a sea of emerald.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But Pumpkin-Vine Creek might be seen in its meanderings, and the rippling daughter stream that the soldiers called “Little Pumpkin-Vine” flashed by the hill on which stood the cabin.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the distance, veiled with light, sprang Lost Mountain and the cone of Kennesaw.
wooded
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
world
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From this reading The log cabin looked out upon a wooded world, a world that rolled and shimmered, gold-green, blue-green, violet-green, to horizons of bright summer sky.
