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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 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S FEAST.
all's
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From this reading “Eleven o’clock and all’s we-ell!”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Eleven o’clock and all’s we-ell!”
avenues
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
beats
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
broad
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
brush
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
call
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From this reading It was the call of the sentry ringing through the silent woods and still more silent camp.
camp
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From this reading It was the call of the sentry ringing through the silent woods and still more silent camp.
camp-fires
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
circumstances
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From this reading The sentries that night were marching under very different circumstances from the usual ones.
clearing
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
dark
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The sentries that night were marching under very different circumstances from the usual ones.
down
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
Eleven
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From this reading “Eleven o’clock and all’s we-ell!”
fallen
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
FEAST
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From this reading A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S FEAST.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The sentries that night were marching under very different circumstances from the usual ones.
gas
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
instead
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the call of the sentry ringing through the silent woods and still more silent camp.
lamps
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
lit
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
logs
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
marching
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From this reading The sentries that night were marching under very different circumstances from the usual ones.
MIDSUMMER
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From this reading A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S FEAST.
moonlit
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
more
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From this reading It was the call of the sentry ringing through the silent woods and still more silent camp.
night
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From this reading The sentries that night were marching under very different circumstances from the usual ones.
NIGHT'S
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From this reading A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S FEAST.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
o'clock
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From this reading “Eleven o’clock and all’s we-ell!”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the call of the sentry ringing through the silent woods and still more silent camp.
ones
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From this reading The sentries that night were marching under very different circumstances from the usual ones.
only
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
paths
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
ran
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
ringing
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From this reading It was the call of the sentry ringing through the silent woods and still more silent camp.
sentries
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From this reading The sentries that night were marching under very different circumstances from the usual ones.
sentry
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From this reading It was the call of the sentry ringing through the silent woods and still more silent camp.
shelter
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
silent
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From this reading It was the call of the sentry ringing through the silent woods and still more silent camp.
small
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
smallest
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
smoldering
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
spacious
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the call of the sentry ringing through the silent woods and still more silent camp.
tents
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sentries that night were marching under very different circumstances from the usual ones.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the call of the sentry ringing through the silent woods and still more silent camp.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was the call of the sentry ringing through the silent woods and still more silent camp.
tree-shaded
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The sentries that night were marching under very different circumstances from the usual ones.
uphill
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
usual
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From this reading The sentries that night were marching under very different circumstances from the usual ones.
very
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From this reading The sentries that night were marching under very different circumstances from the usual ones.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the call of the sentry ringing through the silent woods and still more silent camp.
we-ell
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From this reading “Eleven o’clock and all’s we-ell!”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The sentries that night were marching under very different circumstances from the usual ones.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
wood
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From this reading No broad paths and moonlit, tree-shaded avenues; no gas lamps and spacious tents; but, instead of these, a small clearing, with the smallest of small shelter tents lit only by smoldering camp-fires, and beyond these a dark wood with sentry beats that ran uphill and down, over fallen logs and brush.
woods
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From this reading It was the call of the sentry ringing through the silent woods and still more silent camp.
