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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 air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
air
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From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
all
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
AlongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
approach
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From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was the home of a prosperous man, and as such asserted itself.
ask
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From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
asserted
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From this reading It was the home of a prosperous man, and as such asserted itself.
autumn
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From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
beloved
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From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
better
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From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
blackberry
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From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
blue
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From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
branch
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From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
car
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From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
children
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From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
clear
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From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
cloud
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From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
day
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From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
distance
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From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
flaming
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From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
flavored
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From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
flower-beds
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
frosty
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From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
gravel
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
green
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
Herbert
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
home
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From this reading It was the home of a prosperous man, and as such asserted itself.
house
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the home of a prosperous man, and as such asserted itself.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was the home of a prosperous man, and as such asserted itself.
loomed
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
man
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From this reading It was the home of a prosperous man, and as such asserted itself.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
ornate
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
proclaimed
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From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
prosperousadjectiveUS /ˈprɑspərəs/
successful and without serious problems
From this reading It was the home of a prosperous man, and as such asserted itself.
regular
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
road
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From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
roadside
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From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
Robinson's
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
scarlet
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From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
side
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
sky
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From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
soon
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
speeding
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From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
spice
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From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
stark
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
there
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From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
too
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
trimmings
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
turning
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From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
two
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From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
up
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
velvet
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From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
very
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
vines
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From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
walk
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From this reading But all too soon Herbert Robinson's ornate house loomed up, stark and green, with very white trimmings, and regular flower-beds each side of the gravel walk.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
white
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From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One could not ask anything better on such a day than to be speeding along this white velvet road in the great blue car with two beloved children.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The air was fine; the sky was clear without a cloud; and the spice of autumn flavored everything.
wooing
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From this reading Along the roadside blackberry vines were turning scarlet, and here and there in the distance a flaming branch proclaimed the approach of a frosty wooing.
