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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 DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
admiring
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From this reading Hart laughed and gave her an admiring smile; certainly there had been a great change in her.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
all
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From this reading And yet when I think of all the lovely things that have happened, it seems as though we had been here most a year."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Hart laughed and gave her an admiring smile; certainly there had been a great change in her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
away
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
certainly
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From this reading Hart laughed and gave her an admiring smile; certainly there had been a great change in her.
change
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From this reading Hart laughed and gave her an admiring smile; certainly there had been a great change in her.
couldn't
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From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
DILLY
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From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
Doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
doesn't
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From this reading "Oh!" said Dilly, "I was just thinking of that, and it truly doesn't seem possible.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
gave
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From this reading Hart laughed and gave her an admiring smile; certainly there had been a great change in her.
golden
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hart laughed and gave her an admiring smile; certainly there had been a great change in her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
Hammond
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From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
happened
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From this reading And yet when I think of all the lovely things that have happened, it seems as though we had been here most a year."
Hart
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From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And yet when I think of all the lovely things that have happened, it seems as though we had been here most a year."
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Hart laughed and gave her an admiring smile; certainly there had been a great change in her.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet when I think of all the lovely things that have happened, it seems as though we had been here most a year."
hiding
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
homeward
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh!" said Dilly, "I was just thinking of that, and it truly doesn't seem possible.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hart laughed and gave her an admiring smile; certainly there had been a great change in her.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
just
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From this reading "Oh!" said Dilly, "I was just thinking of that, and it truly doesn't seem possible.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
laughed
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From this reading Hart laughed and gave her an admiring smile; certainly there had been a great change in her.
lovely
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From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
most
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From this reading And yet when I think of all the lovely things that have happened, it seems as though we had been here most a year."
mountain
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
moved
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
nine
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Oh!" said Dilly, "I was just thinking of that, and it truly doesn't seem possible.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh!" said Dilly, "I was just thinking of that, and it truly doesn't seem possible.
old
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
pink
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
possible
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From this reading "Oh!" said Dilly, "I was just thinking of that, and it truly doesn't seem possible.
purple
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
Rock
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From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
said
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From this reading "Oh!" said Dilly, "I was just thinking of that, and it truly doesn't seem possible.
seem
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
seems
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From this reading And yet when I think of all the lovely things that have happened, it seems as though we had been here most a year."
sky
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
smile
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From this reading Hart laughed and gave her an admiring smile; certainly there had been a great change in her.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
Table
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From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
taking
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From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh!" said Dilly, "I was just thinking of that, and it truly doesn't seem possible.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
there
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From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
things
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From this reading And yet when I think of all the lovely things that have happened, it seems as though we had been here most a year."
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet when I think of all the lovely things that have happened, it seems as though we had been here most a year."
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh!" said Dilly, "I was just thinking of that, and it truly doesn't seem possible.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
truly
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From this reading "Oh!" said Dilly, "I was just thinking of that, and it truly doesn't seem possible.
turned
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
up
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
walk
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From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
weeks
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From this reading "Does it seem as though we had been hiding up on this old mountain for nine weeks?" asked Hart, as they turned away from the pink and purple and golden sky, and moved homeward.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And yet when I think of all the lovely things that have happened, it seems as though we had been here most a year."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading DILLY was taking a last walk with Hart Hammond; they went to Table Rock again, because it was so lovely there they couldn't help it.
year
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From this reading And yet when I think of all the lovely things that have happened, it seems as though we had been here most a year."
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet when I think of all the lovely things that have happened, it seems as though we had been here most a year."
