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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 GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
aslant
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From this reading They rattled the windows of Gilead Balm and bent the chimney smoke aslant like streamers.
aërial
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
BALM
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
bent
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blue
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
branches
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The winds were rough but not cold.
calms
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From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
carried
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
cedars
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
chimney
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clouds
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
cold
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From this reading The winds were rough but not cold.
doldrumsnounUS /ˈdoldrums/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
earth
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From this reading Then with a whistle, shriller and shriller, they mounted again, tremendously exhilarated, sweeping earth and sky.
exhilarated
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From this reading Then with a whistle, shriller and shriller, they mounted again, tremendously exhilarated, sweeping earth and sky.
fleet
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
GILEAD
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
like
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From this reading They rattled the windows of Gilead Balm and bent the chimney smoke aslant like streamers.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
March
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
mounted
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From this reading Then with a whistle, shriller and shriller, they mounted again, tremendously exhilarated, sweeping earth and sky.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The winds were rough but not cold.
Now
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From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
overhead
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
peachverbUS /piːtʃ/
inform against or betray someone
From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
periods
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From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
pink
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
punctuating
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From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
rattled
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rough
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From this reading The winds were rough but not cold.
rusty
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
sank
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From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
sea
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
sentences
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From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
shook
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
shriller
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From this reading Then with a whistle, shriller and shriller, they mounted again, tremendously exhilarated, sweeping earth and sky.
sky
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From this reading Then with a whistle, shriller and shriller, they mounted again, tremendously exhilarated, sweeping earth and sky.
small
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From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
smoke
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stillness
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From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
stormiest
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From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
streamers
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sunniest
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From this reading Now and again they sank into the sunniest of calms, little periods of stillness, small doldrums punctuating the stormiest sentences.
sweeping
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From this reading Then with a whistle, shriller and shriller, they mounted again, tremendously exhilarated, sweeping earth and sky.
swiftly
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
Then
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From this reading Then with a whistle, shriller and shriller, they mounted again, tremendously exhilarated, sweeping earth and sky.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They rattled the windows of Gilead Balm and bent the chimney smoke aslant like streamers.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
tossed
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
tremendously
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From this reading Then with a whistle, shriller and shriller, they mounted again, tremendously exhilarated, sweeping earth and sky.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The winds were rough but not cold.
whistlenounUS /ˈwhistle/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then with a whistle, shriller and shriller, they mounted again, tremendously exhilarated, sweeping earth and sky.
windows
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From this reading They rattled the windows of Gilead Balm and bent the chimney smoke aslant like streamers.
winds
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From this reading GILEAD BALM The March winds shook the rusty cedars and tossed the pink peach branches, and carried a fleet of clouds swiftly overhead through the blue aërial sea.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then with a whistle, shriller and shriller, they mounted again, tremendously exhilarated, sweeping earth and sky.
