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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 They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
atmosphere
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From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading And towards the mountains, on and on, the regiment marched between the rye fields and the meadows, between the scraggy fruit trees set regularly on either side the high road.
black
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
blue
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From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
burnished
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From this reading The burnished, dark green rye threw on a suffocating heat, the mountains drew gradually nearer and more distinct.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
corn
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dark
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dawn
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deep
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From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
diagram
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
distinct
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From this reading The burnished, dark green rye threw on a suffocating heat, the mountains drew gradually nearer and more distinct.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The burnished, dark green rye threw on a suffocating heat, the mountains drew gradually nearer and more distinct.
dull
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
fallow
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
fields
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From this reading And towards the mountains, on and on, the regiment marched between the rye fields and the meadows, between the scraggy fruit trees set regularly on either side the high road.
front
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From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
fruit
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From this reading And towards the mountains, on and on, the regiment marched between the rye fields and the meadows, between the scraggy fruit trees set regularly on either side the high road.
gently
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From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
gleaming
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From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
glistening
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
glittered
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
gradually
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From this reading The burnished, dark green rye threw on a suffocating heat, the mountains drew gradually nearer and more distinct.
green
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
hand
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
heat
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
high
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From this reading And towards the mountains, on and on, the regiment marched between the rye fields and the meadows, between the scraggy fruit trees set regularly on either side the high road.
hot
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
kilometres
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
marched
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
meadow
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meadows
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From this reading And towards the mountains, on and on, the regiment marched between the rye fields and the meadows, between the scraggy fruit trees set regularly on either side the high road.
moment
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
more
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
mountains
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From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
nearer
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From this reading The burnished, dark green rye threw on a suffocating heat, the mountains drew gradually nearer and more distinct.
occasional
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
out
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
pale
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
patches
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
pine
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
ranged
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From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
regiment
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From this reading And towards the mountains, on and on, the regiment marched between the rye fields and the meadows, between the scraggy fruit trees set regularly on either side the high road.
regularly
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From this reading And towards the mountains, on and on, the regiment marched between the rye fields and the meadows, between the scraggy fruit trees set regularly on either side the high road.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
road
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
rye
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
scraggy
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From this reading And towards the mountains, on and on, the regiment marched between the rye fields and the meadows, between the scraggy fruit trees set regularly on either side the high road.
set
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From this reading And towards the mountains, on and on, the regiment marched between the rye fields and the meadows, between the scraggy fruit trees set regularly on either side the high road.
shade
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
shallow
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
side
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From this reading And towards the mountains, on and on, the regiment marched between the rye fields and the meadows, between the scraggy fruit trees set regularly on either side the high road.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
sky
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
snow
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From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
spread
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
suffocating
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From this reading The burnished, dark green rye threw on a suffocating heat, the mountains drew gradually nearer and more distinct.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
then
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
thickets
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
thirty
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
threw
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading And towards the mountains, on and on, the regiment marched between the rye fields and the meadows, between the scraggy fruit trees set regularly on either side the high road.
trees
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
valley
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very
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From this reading But right in front the mountains ranged across, pale blue and very still, snow gleaming gently out of the deep atmosphere.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
white
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From this reading They had marched more than thirty kilometres since dawn, along the white, hot road where occasional thickets of trees threw a moment of shade, then out into the glare again.
wide
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
woods
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
young
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From this reading On either hand, the valley, wide and shallow, glittered with heat; dark green patches of rye, pale young corn, fallow and meadow and black pine woods spread in a dull, hot diagram under a glistening sky.
