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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 Morning, like a white flower with a heart of gold, opened in the east.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
arrows
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
autumn
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From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
BETTY
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
brown
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
chill
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From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
chillyadjectiveUS /ˈtʃɪli/
unpleasantly cold
From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
Clancarty
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cloaks
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From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
daring
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From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
dawn
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From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
early
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From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
earth
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
east
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From this reading Morning, like a white flower with a heart of gold, opened in the east.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
fantastic
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
fashion
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From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
FIELD
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
fields
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From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
floated
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
flower
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From this reading Morning, like a white flower with a heart of gold, opened in the east.
gold
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From this reading Morning, like a white flower with a heart of gold, opened in the east.
gold-tipped
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
gray
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
green
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
heart
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From this reading Morning, like a white flower with a heart of gold, opened in the east.
hills
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
Irishman
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From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
LADY
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
lands
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
lay
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
level
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
light
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
like
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From this reading Morning, like a white flower with a heart of gold, opened in the east.
listened
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From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
loomed
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
Lord
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Mackie
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From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
man
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From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
meadows
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
MorningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Morning, like a white flower with a heart of gold, opened in the east.
muffled
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From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
nervous
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From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Morning, like a white flower with a heart of gold, opened in the east.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
opened
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From this reading Morning, like a white flower with a heart of gold, opened in the east.
purple
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
quivered
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
risen
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
shadows
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
Shafts
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
sky
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
smiling
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From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
smokelike
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
soberadjectiveUS /ˈsoʊbər/
not affected by alcohol
From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
softly
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
spectre-like
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
sun
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
sun's
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
TAKES
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From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
together
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From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
too
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From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
trees
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
usual
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From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
vapors
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From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
walked
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From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Shafts of light—the sun’s gold-tipped arrows—quivered on the distant hills, while the vapors, smokelike and fantastic, floated along the level lands and the trees loomed spectre-like.
white
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From this reading Morning, like a white flower with a heart of gold, opened in the east.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD THE sun had not yet risen: earth and sky were softly gray and brown, with green where the meadows lay, and purple in the shadows.
young
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From this reading It was chilly, too, with the chill of dawn in the early autumn, and Lord Clancarty and young Mackie were muffled in their cloaks as they walked across the fields together.
younger
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From this reading The Irishman was smiling, in his usual daring fashion, but the younger man was sober and even nervous as he listened to him.
