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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 Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
Alm-Uncle
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
attitude
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
awakening
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
back
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From this reading Uncle now stepped back into the hut and went softly up the ladder.
bathed
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From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
bed
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From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
bright
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From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
brighter
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From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
Clara
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From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
clouds
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From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
custom
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
danced
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From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
day
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
devout
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
emerging
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
eyes
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From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
full
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From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
glory
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From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
golden
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From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
gradually
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
grew
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From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
heights
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
hill
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From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
hut
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From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Uncle now stepped back into the hut and went softly up the ladder.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
just
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From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
ladder
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From this reading Uncle now stepped back into the hut and went softly up the ladder.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
lay
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From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
lifting
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
light
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
looking
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From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
mists
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
mountains
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From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
now
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From this reading Uncle now stepped back into the hut and went softly up the ladder.
opened
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From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
out
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From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
overhead
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From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
quiet
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
rays
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From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
risen
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From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
rock
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From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
round
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From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
shadows
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
shedding
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From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
shone
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From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
softly
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From this reading Uncle now stepped back into the hut and went softly up the ladder.
some
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
sparkled
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From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
stepped
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From this reading Uncle now stepped back into the hut and went softly up the ladder.
sun
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From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
sunlight
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From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
Uncle
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From this reading Uncle now stepped back into the hut and went softly up the ladder.
up
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From this reading Uncle now stepped back into the hut and went softly up the ladder.
valley
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From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sun had just risen above the mountains and was shedding its first golden rays over the hut and the valley below.
watching
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From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Uncle now stepped back into the hut and went softly up the ladder.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Alm-Uncle, as was his custom, had been standing in a quiet and, devout attitude for some little while, watching the light mists gradually lifting, and the heights and valley emerging from their twilight shadows and awakening to another day.
window
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From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
wonder
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From this reading Clara had just opened her eyes and was looking with wonder at the bright sunlight that shone through the round window and danced and sparkled about her bed.
wood
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From this reading The light morning clouds overhead grew brighter and brighter, till at last the sun shone out in its full glory, and rock and wood and hill lay bathed in golden light.
