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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 At the further end of the garden was a wicket leading into a grove of mulberries.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the further end of the garden was a wicket leading into a grove of mulberries.
back
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
Betty
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
bowls
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
branches
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
BREAKING
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From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
broad
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
brush
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
bulged
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
came
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
Charles
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From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
damp
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
dew
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
end
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From this reading At the further end of the garden was a wicket leading into a grove of mulberries.
excrescences
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
extraordinary
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
falling
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
finery
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
further
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From this reading At the further end of the garden was a wicket leading into a grove of mulberries.
garden
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From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
gate
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From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
gathering
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
girls
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From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
girth
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
grove
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From this reading At the further end of the garden was a wicket leading into a grove of mulberries.
HEART
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From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
heart-shaped
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
heedless
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
height
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
held
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
inverted
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
larkspur
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
leading
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From this reading At the further end of the garden was a wicket leading into a grove of mulberries.
leaves
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
like
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
marjoram
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
mulberries
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From this reading At the further end of the garden was a wicket leading into a grove of mulberries.
narrow
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
out
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
paths
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
Patricia
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
reached
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From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
roots
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
sage
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
sauntered
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
Sir
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From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
skirts
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
smooth
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
spicy
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From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
spreading
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Patricia stopped.
sweet-william
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From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The dew was falling, and as they sauntered through the narrow paths, Betty held back her skirts that the damp leaves of sage and marjoram might not brush them; but Patricia, gathering larkspur and sweet-william, was heedless of her finery.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
three
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
together
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From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
tree
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
two
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From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
up
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From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
walked
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From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The three walked on beneath the spreading branches and the broad, heart-shaped leaves, until they came to a tree of extraordinary height and girth whose roots bulged out into great, smooth excrescences like inverted bowls.
wicket
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From this reading At the further end of the garden was a wicket leading into a grove of mulberries.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE BREAKING HEART Sir Charles was up with the two girls before they reached the garden; and they passed together through the gate and into the spicy wilderness.
