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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 He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
almost
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From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Turret and tower, pinnacle and battlement, appeared and disappeared as he climbed.
appeared
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From this reading Turret and tower, pinnacle and battlement, appeared and disappeared as he climbed.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
ascended
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
ascending
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
battlement
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From this reading Turret and tower, pinnacle and battlement, appeared and disappeared as he climbed.
beheld
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From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
birches
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
circling
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
climbed
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From this reading Turret and tower, pinnacle and battlement, appeared and disappeared as he climbed.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
crown
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
dark
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Turret and tower, pinnacle and battlement, appeared and disappeared as he climbed.
EARL
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From this reading THE EARL.
firs
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
fortress
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He met no one on his way from the gate up through the wood.
front
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From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
gate
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From this reading He met no one on his way from the gate up through the wood.
gray
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He met no one on his way from the gate up through the wood.
helmet
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
hill
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He met no one on his way from the gate up through the wood.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
like
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
mass
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
met
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From this reading He met no one on his way from the gate up through the wood.
nearly
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From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He met no one on his way from the gate up through the wood.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
often
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He met no one on his way from the gate up through the wood.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He met no one on his way from the gate up through the wood.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
other
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
pinnacle
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From this reading Turret and tower, pinnacle and battlement, appeared and disappeared as he climbed.
rise
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
road
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
saw
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
side
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
silvery
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
slowly
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From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
space
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From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EARL.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He met no one on his way from the gate up through the wood.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
top
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From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
tower
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From this reading Turret and tower, pinnacle and battlement, appeared and disappeared as he climbed.
Turret
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From this reading Turret and tower, pinnacle and battlement, appeared and disappeared as he climbed.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
up
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From this reading He met no one on his way from the gate up through the wood.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
way
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From this reading He met no one on his way from the gate up through the wood.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
whole
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From this reading Not until at last he stood almost on the top, and from an open space beheld nearly the whole front, could he tell what it was like.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He ascended the hill with its dark ascending firs, to its crown of silvery birches, above which, as often as the slowly circling road brought him to the other side, he saw rise like a helmet the gray mass of the fortress.
wood
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From this reading He met no one on his way from the gate up through the wood.
