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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 It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
activities
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From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
all
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From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
almost
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
attempt
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From this reading Everything of the kind, every attempt at pleasure out of doors, melted away in the rain.
away
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From this reading Everything of the kind, every attempt at pleasure out of doors, melted away in the rain.
bold
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
briskadjectiveUS /brɪsk/
energetic and quick
From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
cheerful
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From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
country
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
curling
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From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
days
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From this reading The days were very long in Murkley that winter.
deep
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
defiance
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From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
described
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jean's table-cover was almost done.
doors
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From this reading Everything of the kind, every attempt at pleasure out of doors, melted away in the rain.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Everything of the kind, every attempt at pleasure out of doors, melted away in the rain.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything of the kind, every attempt at pleasure out of doors, melted away in the rain.
fields
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
flood
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
folk
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
frosty
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From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
hand
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
ice
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From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The days were very long in Murkley that winter.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
Jean's
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From this reading Jean's table-cover was almost done.
kind
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From this reading Everything of the kind, every attempt at pleasure out of doors, melted away in the rain.
laden
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The days were very long in Murkley that winter.
low
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
melted
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From this reading Everything of the kind, every attempt at pleasure out of doors, melted away in the rain.
mud
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
Murkley
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From this reading The days were very long in Murkley that winter.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Everything of the kind, every attempt at pleasure out of doors, melted away in the rain.
out
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From this reading Everything of the kind, every attempt at pleasure out of doors, melted away in the rain.
phraseology
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
pleasure
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From this reading Everything of the kind, every attempt at pleasure out of doors, melted away in the rain.
rain
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From this reading Everything of the kind, every attempt at pleasure out of doors, melted away in the rain.
river
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
roads
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
set
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From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
skating
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From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
skies
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
sodden
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
strong
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From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
table-cover
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From this reading Jean's table-cover was almost done.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The days were very long in Murkley that winter.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The days were very long in Murkley that winter.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
touched
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From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
very
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From this reading The days were very long in Murkley that winter.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The days were very long in Murkley that winter.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
winter
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From this reading The days were very long in Murkley that winter.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
young
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From this reading It was not a brisk, frosty winter, with ice and skating and curling, and all the cheerful activities with which the strong and young set winter at defiance.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The roads were deep in mud, the fields were sodden, the river almost in flood, the skies so laden and so low that you could almost have touched them, with your hand--so, at least, the country folk in their bold phraseology, described them.
