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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 How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
air
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
beauty
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From this reading The road to Mrs. Daly's is full of beauty.
begins
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From this reading How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
betrayed
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From this reading How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
branches
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
clumps
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
common
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
Coole
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
Daly's
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From this reading The road to Mrs. Daly's is full of beauty.
dark
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
deep
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
down
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
dusty
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
elm
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
ends
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From this reading How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
faint
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
falling
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
far
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
ferns
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
fields
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
follows
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
full
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From this reading The road to Mrs. Daly's is full of beauty.
gayly
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From this reading How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
giant
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
glimpse
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
gloom
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From this reading How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
grand
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
grass
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
green
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
hesitation
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
honeysuckle
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
How
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From this reading How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
Kit
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
Kit's
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From this reading How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
knee
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
leafy
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
limbs
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
Monica
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
Mrs
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From this reading The road to Mrs. Daly's is full of beauty.
ocean
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The road to Mrs. Daly's is full of beauty.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
other
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
plot
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From this reading How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
pointing
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
recesses
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
rich
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
road
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From this reading The road to Mrs. Daly's is full of beauty.
runs
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
says
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
side
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
soft
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
stretches
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
sweet
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The road to Mrs. Daly's is full of beauty.
there
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The road to Mrs. Daly's is full of beauty.
trailing
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
trees
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From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
verdure
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From this reading The grass is knee deep in ferns and trailing verdure; great clumps of honeysuckle, falling from giant limbs of elm, make the air sweet.
walk
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From this reading How Kit's plot is betrayed, and how a walk that begins gayly ends in gloom.
wall
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
Why
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On one side of it runs Coole, its trees rich with leafy branches; upon the other stretches a common, green and soft, with a grand glimpse of the ocean far down below it.
woods
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From this reading "Why walk on the dusty road when those fields are green in there?" says Kit, pointing to Coole; and, after a faint hesitation, Monica follows her over the wall and into the dark recesses of the woods.
