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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 Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.
AcrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?
Author
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From this reading Author of "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," "The Hidden Children," Etc.
BENJAMIN
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From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?
blowing
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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
c'metier-la
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From this reading Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.
chercher
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From this reading Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.
Children
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comfort
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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
comprendre
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From this reading Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.
Dans
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From this reading Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.
dune
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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
Etc
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faut
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From this reading Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.
find
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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
Girl
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Goes
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going
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From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
Hidden
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
moon
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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
Naia
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From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?
noon
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From this reading Through the still noon-- Where are you going?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," "The Hidden Children," Etc.
Philippa
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RENE
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From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?
rien
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From this reading Dans c'metier-la, faut rien chercher a comprendre.
sea
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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through the still noon-- Where are you going?
stormy
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From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," "The Hidden Children," Etc.
There
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ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the still noon-- Where are you going?
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Author of "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," "The Hidden Children," Etc.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To hear the thunder of the sea And the wind blowing!-- To find a stormy moon to comfort me Across the dune!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading RENE BENJAMIN Where are you going, Naia?