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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 grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
all
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From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He made an exclamation of pleasure when he looked out.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
branch
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
catching
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
coated
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
conservatory
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
Edgar
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From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
exclamation
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From this reading He made an exclamation of pleasure when he looked out.
feathery
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
frost
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From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
frosty
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
glimpse
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
glistening
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
grass
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
hardened
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From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He made an exclamation of pleasure when he looked out.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
house
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
just
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
made
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
magical
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
melt
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
metallic
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
night
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From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
out
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From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
pinnacles
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
pleasure
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From this reading He made an exclamation of pleasure when he looked out.
Reality
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From this reading Reality.
rime
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
round
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
semi-circle
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
shining
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From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
silvering
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
somewhat
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
south
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
square
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
stretched
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
sun
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
sunlight
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
swept
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
there
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
tops
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
Tottenham's
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From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
trees
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
twig
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
ugly
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From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
virgin
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
wavering
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From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The grass, the trees, the glistening pinnacles of the great conservatory which stretched to the south, just catching a glimpse of frosty and wavering sunlight upon their metallic tops, were all virgin white, though here and there it began to melt in the sun.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The house was square and somewhat ugly, but the great semi-circle of trees which swept round it was made into something magical by the feathery silvering of the rime which coated every branch and every twig.
white
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From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
window
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From this reading The frost hardened again in the night, and Tottenham’s was all white and shining when Edgar looked out from his window in the morning.
