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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 GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
AboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
away
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From this reading The current sets thin lines of light trickling away, where the stones break its surface.
BelowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
bent
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From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
BeyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
blue
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
bough
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
Bow
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
break
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From this reading The current sets thin lines of light trickling away, where the stones break its surface.
Bridge
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
brink
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From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
channel
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
coloursnounUS /ˈcolours/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
CORKSCREW
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
cottages
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From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
crossing
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
currentnounUS /ˈcurrent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The current sets thin lines of light trickling away, where the stones break its surface.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
eastward
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From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
estuary
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
fallen
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
fir-clad
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From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
fire
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
flash
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
flows
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
foam
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
GOING
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
grey
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
HILL
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
irregular
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From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The current sets thin lines of light trickling away, where the stones break its surface.
kingfisher
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
light
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From this reading The current sets thin lines of light trickling away, where the stones break its surface.
like
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
lines
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From this reading The current sets thin lines of light trickling away, where the stones break its surface.
narrow-headed
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
noses
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
overhang
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
overhanging
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
placed
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
pointing
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
pool
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
regularly
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
river
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
roofs
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From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
rose
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From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
round
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
row
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
sat
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
sets
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From this reading The current sets thin lines of light trickling away, where the stones break its surface.
shadows
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
sheen
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
spark
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
spread
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
stepping-stones
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
stickles
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
stones
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From this reading The current sets thin lines of light trickling away, where the stones break its surface.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
stream
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
surface
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From this reading The current sets thin lines of light trickling away, where the stones break its surface.
thatched
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From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
there
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From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The current sets thin lines of light trickling away, where the stones break its surface.
throw
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
tree
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
trees
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
trickling
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From this reading The current sets thin lines of light trickling away, where the stones break its surface.
umber
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From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
UP
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From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A dead tree had fallen here and upon one bough, overhanging a still pool, sat a kingfisher, like a spark of blue fire against the grey and umber colours spread round him.
water
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
water's
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From this reading Beyond, where the stream bent eastward, there rose a fir-clad hill, and at water’s brink stood cottages with irregular thatched roofs.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The current sets thin lines of light trickling away, where the stones break its surface.
white
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
widens
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From this reading Above the crossing, trees overhang the water and throw shadows to break the white sheen of stickles and the flash of foam; beneath the stepping-stones the channel widens and flows forward to the estuary.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading GOING UP CORKSCREW HILL Below Bow Bridge a row of narrow-headed stepping-stones are regularly placed across the river with their noses pointing up stream.
