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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 To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
all
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From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
beautiful
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From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
benches
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From this reading Chocolate took the place of soil, while the benches in the parks were made of twisted molasses candy.
Candy
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From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
carved
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From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
Chocolate
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From this reading Chocolate took the place of soil, while the benches in the parks were made of twisted molasses candy.
color
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From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
composed
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From this reading On it everything was composed of sweets of some kind.
consulting
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From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
east
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From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading On it everything was composed of sweets of some kind.
filled
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From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
fluted
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From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
fountains
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From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Chocolate took the place of soil, while the benches in the parks were made of twisted molasses candy.
inviting
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From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
island
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From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
Isle
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From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
kind
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From this reading On it everything was composed of sweets of some kind.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
lovely
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From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
made
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From this reading Chocolate took the place of soil, while the benches in the parks were made of twisted molasses candy.
Mercury
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From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
molasses
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From this reading Chocolate took the place of soil, while the benches in the parks were made of twisted molasses candy.
North
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From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
pagodas
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From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
park
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From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
parks
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From this reading Chocolate took the place of soil, while the benches in the parks were made of twisted molasses candy.
paste
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From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
peanut
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From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
place
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From this reading Chocolate took the place of soil, while the benches in the parks were made of twisted molasses candy.
representing
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From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
rose-tinted
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From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
saw
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From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
shades
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From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
Soda
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From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
soil
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From this reading Chocolate took the place of soil, while the benches in the parks were made of twisted molasses candy.
some
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From this reading On it everything was composed of sweets of some kind.
sparkled
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From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
spotted
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From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
Star
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From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
stone
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From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
summer-houses
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From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
sunlight
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From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
sweets
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From this reading On it everything was composed of sweets of some kind.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Chocolate took the place of soil, while the benches in the parks were made of twisted molasses candy.
travelers
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From this reading To the east of the North Star our travelers saw a beautiful rose-tinted island and, on consulting Mercury, found it to be the Isle of Candy.
twisted
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From this reading Chocolate took the place of soil, while the benches in the parks were made of twisted molasses candy.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On it everything was composed of sweets of some kind.
waters
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From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
well
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From this reading Soda waters of different shades and color filled the fountains and looked beautiful as well as inviting as they sparkled in the sunlight.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Chocolate took the place of soil, while the benches in the parks were made of twisted molasses candy.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Chocolate took the place of soil, while the benches in the parks were made of twisted molasses candy.
white
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From this reading The summer-houses were made of peanut candy representing spotted stone, and the lovely little pagodas throughout the park were of white paste all fluted and carved.
