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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 In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
all
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From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
almost
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From this reading Its red-hot plunge into the sea behind the hills was almost audible.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The black cloud, fuming up from its setting-place, was as the steam of the collision.
audible
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From this reading Its red-hot plunge into the sea behind the hills was almost audible.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Its red-hot plunge into the sea behind the hills was almost audible.
black
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From this reading The black cloud, fuming up from its setting-place, was as the steam of the collision.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
byways
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
Clare
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
clots
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From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
cloud
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From this reading The black cloud, fuming up from its setting-place, was as the steam of the collision.
coils
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From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
cold
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
collision
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From this reading The black cloud, fuming up from its setting-place, was as the steam of the collision.
down
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drives
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
earth
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From this reading The sun slid over the edge of the sweating earth.
Eastern
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edge
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From this reading The sun slid over the edge of the sweating earth.
England
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Europe
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The black cloud, fuming up from its setting-place, was as the steam of the collision.
fuming
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From this reading The black cloud, fuming up from its setting-place, was as the steam of the collision.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
Hartill's
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
heavens
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
hills
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From this reading Its red-hot plunge into the sea behind the hills was almost audible.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Its red-hot plunge into the sea behind the hills was almost audible.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its red-hot plunge into the sea behind the hills was almost audible.
lemon-coloured
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From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
North
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sun slid over the edge of the sweating earth.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The sun slid over the edge of the sweating earth.
pall
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From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
parlour
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
plunge
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raced
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red-hot
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From this reading Its red-hot plunge into the sea behind the hills was almost audible.
road
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rolled
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From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
Roman
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sea
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setting-place
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From this reading The black cloud, fuming up from its setting-place, was as the steam of the collision.
sheeted
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From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
silent
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sky
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From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
slid
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From this reading The sun slid over the edge of the sweating earth.
sprang
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spreading
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From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
steam
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From this reading The black cloud, fuming up from its setting-place, was as the steam of the collision.
straight
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
SuddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
sun
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From this reading The sun slid over the edge of the sweating earth.
sweating
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From this reading The sun slid over the edge of the sweating earth.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sun slid over the edge of the sweating earth.
thinned
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From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
tore
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
up
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From this reading The black cloud, fuming up from its setting-place, was as the steam of the collision.
upwards
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From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
Utterbridge
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
vapour
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From this reading In great clots and coils it rolled upwards, spreading as it thinned, till it was a pall of vapour that sheeted all the lemon-coloured sky.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Its red-hot plunge into the sea behind the hills was almost audible.
way
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
window
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From this reading Suddenly a cold wind sprang up, raced down the silent heavens, and, by way of Eastern Europe and the North Sea and the straight Roman road that drives down England, tore along the Utterbridge byways, and into the open window of Clare Hartill's parlour.
