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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 first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was still a joy to her that she had been intuitively right about him.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
asps
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From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
atmosphere
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
autumn
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From this reading HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPER Summer had burned to autumn.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was still a joy to her that she had been intuitively right about him.
Betty
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
burned
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From this reading HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPER Summer had burned to autumn.
coloring
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
coming
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
cottonwoods
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From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
count
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
crisped
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From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
Dam
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
Faint
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
foliage
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From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
frosts
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From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
glory
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From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
golden
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From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
grown
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPER Summer had burned to autumn.
halcyon
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From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
hills
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was still a joy to her that she had been intuitively right about him.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPER Summer had burned to autumn.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPER Summer had burned to autumn.
Indian
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From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
intuitively
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From this reading It was still a joy to her that she had been intuitively right about him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was still a joy to her that she had been intuitively right about him.
joy
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From this reading It was still a joy to her that she had been intuitively right about him.
less
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
lover
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
months
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
more
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
now
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
pale
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
PAPER
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From this reading HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPER Summer had burned to autumn.
PICTURE
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From this reading HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPER Summer had burned to autumn.
problems
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
project
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
quaking
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From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
read
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
rich
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was still a joy to her that she had been intuitively right about him.
salvaged
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
sent
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
sharp
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was still a joy to her that she had been intuitively right about him.
Summer
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From this reading HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPER Summer had burned to autumn.
Sweetwater
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was still a joy to her that she had been intuitively right about him.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPER Summer had burned to autumn.
threats
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPER Summer had burned to autumn.
tramp
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
tune
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From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
warm
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was still a joy to her that she had been intuitively right about him.
winter
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From this reading Faint threats of coming winter could be read in an atmosphere grown more pale and sharp, in coloring less rich and warm.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The first frosts had crisped the foliage of the quaking asps and the cottonwoods to a golden glory in tune with the halcyon Indian summer.
wrestle
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From this reading Betty could count the time in months now since she had sent her salvaged tramp into the hills to help her lover wrestle with the problems of the Sweetwater Dam project.
