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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 The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
air
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From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
AlongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Along the basking, silent, many-colored shore gathered and lingered the crisp odors of the mountains.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
basking
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From this reading Along the basking, silent, many-colored shore gathered and lingered the crisp odors of the mountains.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
breezes
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From this reading The old breezes were gone; the new ones were not yet risen.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
came
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From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
crisp
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From this reading Along the basking, silent, many-colored shore gathered and lingered the crisp odors of the mountains.
day
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From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
del
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From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
dust
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
East
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
floor
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
flowers
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From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
garden
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From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
gathered
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From this reading Along the basking, silent, many-colored shore gathered and lingered the crisp odors of the mountains.
golden
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
gone
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From this reading The old breezes were gone; the new ones were not yet risen.
hill
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
hung
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
land
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From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
lay
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
like
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
lingered
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From this reading Along the basking, silent, many-colored shore gathered and lingered the crisp odors of the mountains.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
loose
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From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
many-colored
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From this reading Along the basking, silent, many-colored shore gathered and lingered the crisp odors of the mountains.
Mar
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From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
mission
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From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
moments
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From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
motionless
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
mountains
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From this reading Along the basking, silent, many-colored shore gathered and lingered the crisp odors of the mountains.
new
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From this reading The old breezes were gone; the new ones were not yet risen.
night
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From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The old breezes were gone; the new ones were not yet risen.
odors
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From this reading Along the basking, silent, many-colored shore gathered and lingered the crisp odors of the mountains.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
old
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From this reading The old breezes were gone; the new ones were not yet risen.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
ones
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From this reading The old breezes were gone; the new ones were not yet risen.
opened
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From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
Pacific
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
petals
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From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
quiet
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From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
rests
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From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
rider
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
risen
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From this reading The old breezes were gone; the new ones were not yet risen.
Santa
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From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
sapphire
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
sea
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From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
season
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From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
setting
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
shake
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From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
shore
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From this reading Along the basking, silent, many-colored shore gathered and lingered the crisp odors of the mountains.
silent
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From this reading Along the basking, silent, many-colored shore gathered and lingered the crisp odors of the mountains.
stems
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From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
sun
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
walk
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The old breezes were gone; the new ones were not yet risen.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
whereon
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From this reading The dust hung golden and motionless long after the rider was behind the hill, and the Pacific lay like a floor of sapphire, whereon to walk beyond the setting sun into the East.
wide
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From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The flowers in the mission garden opened wide; no wind came by day or night to shake the loose petals from their stems.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The old breezes were gone; the new ones were not yet risen.
Ysabel
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From this reading At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea.
