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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 THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To the right as the shore turns westward the land rises a little and the forest begins.
anxiety
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From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
Back
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From this reading Back of the beach the little creek is masked by thickly springing willows.
bay
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From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
beach
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From this reading Back of the beach the little creek is masked by thickly springing willows.
begins
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From this reading To the right as the shore turns westward the land rises a little and the forest begins.
Bela's
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From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
bottom
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From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
branches
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From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Back of the beach the little creek is masked by thickly springing willows.
Caribou
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From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
corner
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From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
creek
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From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
dune
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From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
empties
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From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
ends
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From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
eyes
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From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
face
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From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
faces
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From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
forest
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From this reading To the right as the shore turns westward the land rises a little and the forest begins.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
hour
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From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
intake
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From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Back of the beach the little creek is masked by thickly springing willows.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
Lake
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From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
land
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From this reading To the right as the shore turns westward the land rises a little and the forest begins.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the right as the shore turns westward the land rises a little and the forest begins.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
masked
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From this reading Back of the beach the little creek is masked by thickly springing willows.
meridian
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From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
mouth
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From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
Musquasepi
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From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
NORTH
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From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
north-easterly
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From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
occupies
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From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
pale
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From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
parted
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From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
pine-clad
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From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the right as the shore turns westward the land rises a little and the forest begins.
rises
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From this reading To the right as the shore turns westward the land rises a little and the forest begins.
SHORE
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From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
small
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From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
softly
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From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
springing
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From this reading Back of the beach the little creek is masked by thickly springing willows.
stretches
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From this reading To the left of its mouth, as one faces the lake, ends the long, pine-clad dune that stretches along the bottom of the lake from the intake of Musquasepi.
sun
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From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
tense
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From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
thickly
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From this reading Back of the beach the little creek is masked by thickly springing willows.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
too
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From this reading THE NORTH SHORE Into the bay that occupies the north-easterly corner of Caribou Lake empties a creek too small to have a name.
turns
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From this reading To the right as the shore turns westward the land rises a little and the forest begins.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
westwardadverbUS /ˈwɛstwərd/
toward the west
From this reading To the right as the shore turns westward the land rises a little and the forest begins.
willows
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From this reading Back of the beach the little creek is masked by thickly springing willows.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading An hour after the sun had passed the meridian the branches of the willows were softly parted, and Bela's pale face looked through, her eyes tense with anxiety.
