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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 "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
all
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
also
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From this reading They were embarrassed also, but they meant to carry this thing through.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
any
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From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
attitudes
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From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
back
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From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
became
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
Bible
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From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
blanket
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From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
blue
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
carry
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From this reading They were embarrassed also, but they meant to carry this thing through.
Cloud
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
Cloud's
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From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
comfortable
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From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
day's
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
earth
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
embarrassed
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From this reading They were embarrassed also, but they meant to carry this thing through.
far
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From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
finished
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
gaze
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From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
heavens
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
host
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
Julia
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From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
meant
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From this reading They were embarrassed also, but they meant to carry this thing through.
new
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From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
overhead
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From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
own
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From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
paper
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From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
people
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From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
personality
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
proceedings
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
put
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From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
read
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
settled
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From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
shining
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
shyly
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From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
sky
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From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
slips
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From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
soul
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From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
straightway
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
talking
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From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
There
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From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were embarrassed also, but they meant to carry this thing through.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were embarrassed also, but they meant to carry this thing through.
things
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From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading They were embarrassed also, but they meant to carry this thing through.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They were embarrassed also, but they meant to carry this thing through.
Thus
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
tiny
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From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
turned
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From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
two
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From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
well-worn
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From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were tiny slips of paper in Julia Cloud's well-worn Bible, and she turned to the first one shyly.
witness
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From this reading "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them," read Julia Cloud; and straightway the shining blue above them took on a personality, and became a witness in the day's proceedings.
work
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From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
worshipful
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From this reading It was such new work to her to be talking about these things to any but her own worshipful soul.
young
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From this reading The two young people settled back in comfortable attitudes on the blanket, and put their gaze upon the far sky overhead.
