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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 Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
acres
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
Ahead
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From this reading Ahead of him, bordering the roadway, he saw the straggling clumps of houses known as Weathersett.
air
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From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
amber
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Ahead of him, bordering the roadway, he saw the straggling clumps of houses known as Weathersett.
AUTHOR
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SHAMELESS WAYNE,” “RICROFT OF WITHENS,” “WRACK OF DOOM,” ETC.
blue
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
bordering
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From this reading Ahead of him, bordering the roadway, he saw the straggling clumps of houses known as Weathersett.
breath
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
came
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From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
clean
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From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
climbed
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From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
clumps
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From this reading Ahead of him, bordering the roadway, he saw the straggling clumps of houses known as Weathersett.
DOOM
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SHAMELESS WAYNE,” “RICROFT OF WITHENS,” “WRACK OF DOOM,” ETC.
ETC
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four
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
get
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
Grim
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
Hardcastle
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From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
heavy
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From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
high
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From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ahead of him, bordering the roadway, he saw the straggling clumps of houses known as Weathersett.
houses
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From this reading Ahead of him, bordering the roadway, he saw the straggling clumps of houses known as Weathersett.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
known
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From this reading Ahead of him, bordering the roadway, he saw the straggling clumps of houses known as Weathersett.
lain
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From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
lean
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
Logie
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From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
lonely
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
lowlands
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From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
many
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
market-town
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From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
Master
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From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
miles
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From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
mists
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From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
nipping
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From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
Norbrigg
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From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
October's
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From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF “SHAMELESS WAYNE,” “RICROFT OF WITHENS,” “WRACK OF DOOM,” ETC.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
out
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
paused
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
quarters
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
RICROFT
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SHAMELESS WAYNE,” “RICROFT OF WITHENS,” “WRACK OF DOOM,” ETC.
roadway
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From this reading Ahead of him, bordering the roadway, he saw the straggling clumps of houses known as Weathersett.
saw
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From this reading Ahead of him, bordering the roadway, he saw the straggling clumps of houses known as Weathersett.
SHAMELESSadjectiveUS /ˈʃeɪmləs/
showing no sense of shame
From this reading AUTHOR OF “SHAMELESS WAYNE,” “RICROFT OF WITHENS,” “WRACK OF DOOM,” ETC.
sky
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
sorts
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
stiff
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From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
straggling
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From this reading Ahead of him, bordering the roadway, he saw the straggling clumps of houses known as Weathersett.
stretched
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
strode
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From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
sunlight
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From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
swinging
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From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
tops
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From this reading October’s mists had lain heavy on the lowlands, but here on the tops he strode into sunlight and clean, nipping air.
toughened
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
up
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From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
uplands
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From this reading Hardcastle, Master of Logie, came swinging up the last of the stiff miles that climbed from Norbrigg market-town to the high uplands.
WAYNE
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SHAMELESS WAYNE,” “RICROFT OF WITHENS,” “WRACK OF DOOM,” ETC.
weather
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From this reading Grim and lean, toughened by many sorts of weather, Hardcastle paused to get breath again, and looked out across the lonely acres that stretched to the four quarters of a blue and amber sky.
Weathersett
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From this reading Ahead of him, bordering the roadway, he saw the straggling clumps of houses known as Weathersett.
WITHENS
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SHAMELESS WAYNE,” “RICROFT OF WITHENS,” “WRACK OF DOOM,” ETC.
WRACK
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SHAMELESS WAYNE,” “RICROFT OF WITHENS,” “WRACK OF DOOM,” ETC.
