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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 In his studio Hawker smoked a pipe, clasping his knee with thoughtful, interlocked fingers.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Looking back over his shoulder, he swore an insult into the face of the picture.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was gazing sourly at his finished picture.
back
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From this reading Looking back over his shoulder, he swore an insult into the face of the picture.
beaten
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
boulders
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
city
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
clashing
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
clasping
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From this reading In his studio Hawker smoked a pipe, clasping his knee with thoughtful, interlocked fingers.
cry
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From this reading Once he started to his feet with a cry of vexation.
dark
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
exiled
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
face
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From this reading Looking back over his shoulder, he swore an insult into the face of the picture.
feet
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
fell
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
fingers
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From this reading In his studio Hawker smoked a pipe, clasping his knee with thoughtful, interlocked fingers.
finished
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From this reading He was gazing sourly at his finished picture.
flakes
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
forests
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
gazing
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From this reading He was gazing sourly at his finished picture.
Hawker
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From this reading In his studio Hawker smoked a pipe, clasping his knee with thoughtful, interlocked fingers.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was gazing sourly at his finished picture.
hemlocks
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In his studio Hawker smoked a pipe, clasping his knee with thoughtful, interlocked fingers.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In his studio Hawker smoked a pipe, clasping his knee with thoughtful, interlocked fingers.
insult
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From this reading Looking back over his shoulder, he swore an insult into the face of the picture.
interlocked
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From this reading In his studio Hawker smoked a pipe, clasping his knee with thoughtful, interlocked fingers.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Looking back over his shoulder, he swore an insult into the face of the picture.
knee
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From this reading In his studio Hawker smoked a pipe, clasping his knee with thoughtful, interlocked fingers.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
Looking
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From this reading Looking back over his shoulder, he swore an insult into the face of the picture.
myriad
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
Once
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From this reading Once he started to his feet with a cry of vexation.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Looking back over his shoulder, he swore an insult into the face of the picture.
picture
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From this reading He was gazing sourly at his finished picture.
pipe
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From this reading In his studio Hawker smoked a pipe, clasping his knee with thoughtful, interlocked fingers.
shoulder
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From this reading Looking back over his shoulder, he swore an insult into the face of the picture.
silent
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
smoked
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From this reading In his studio Hawker smoked a pipe, clasping his knee with thoughtful, interlocked fingers.
snow
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
softly
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
sourly
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From this reading He was gazing sourly at his finished picture.
started
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From this reading Once he started to his feet with a cry of vexation.
stones
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
strange
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
studio
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From this reading In his studio Hawker smoked a pipe, clasping his knee with thoughtful, interlocked fingers.
swept
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
swished
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From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
swore
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From this reading Looking back over his shoulder, he swore an insult into the face of the picture.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
thoughtful
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From this reading In his studio Hawker smoked a pipe, clasping his knee with thoughtful, interlocked fingers.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Once he started to his feet with a cry of vexation.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
vexation
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From this reading Once he started to his feet with a cry of vexation.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was gazing sourly at his finished picture.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading When the snow fell upon the clashing life of the city, the exiled stones, beaten by myriad strange feet, were told of the dark, silent forests where the flakes swept through the hemlocks and swished softly against the boulders.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In his studio Hawker smoked a pipe, clasping his knee with thoughtful, interlocked fingers.
