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12th
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From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
all
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From this reading It never ceased raining through all the shooting season.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The following winter was very dreary and long.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
bog
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
ceased
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From this reading It never ceased raining through all the shooting season.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
crevice
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
day
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From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
days
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From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
dreary
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From this reading The following winter was very dreary and long.
dry
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
early
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From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
encouragement
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From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
exhausted
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From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
following
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From this reading The following winter was very dreary and long.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
greenness
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
grew
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
heather
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
holes
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
indoors
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From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
kept
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From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The following winter was very dreary and long.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
miserable
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From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
moors
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
much
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From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It never ceased raining through all the shooting season.
night
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From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
North
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From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
out
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
quarrelled
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From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
rain
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
rained
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From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
raining
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From this reading It never ceased raining through all the shooting season.
ran
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
resources
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From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
rocks
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
sank
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
season
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From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
shootingnounUS /ˈshooting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It never ceased raining through all the shooting season.
sportsmen
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From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
sun
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The following winter was very dreary and long.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
There
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From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It never ceased raining through all the shooting season.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It began early; the 12th itself, the beginning of the season, the day of days in the North, rained from morning to night.
tourists
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From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
treacherous
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
usually
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From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
very
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From this reading The following winter was very dreary and long.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The following winter was very dreary and long.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The rain ran into every crevice, into the holes in the rocks, which were usually as dry as the sun could make them, and the heather grew out of a bog, and the foot sank in the treacherous greenness all over the moors.
winter
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From this reading The following winter was very dreary and long.
women
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From this reading There was little encouragement to tourists, and not much to sportsmen, and women were kept indoors and exhausted all their resources, and quarrelled, and were miserable.
