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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 There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
all
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From this reading One by one the promenaders had left the Marina, and all sound had died away.
almost
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From this reading TREACHERY It was almost midnight, and Palermo lay sleeping in the moonlight.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TREACHERY It was almost midnight, and Palermo lay sleeping in the moonlight.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
away
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From this reading The last of the broad-wheeled, heavily-built carriages had rolled away through the white streets of the town.
bay
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From this reading There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
breeze
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From this reading There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
broad-wheeled
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From this reading The last of the broad-wheeled, heavily-built carriages had rolled away through the white streets of the town.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading One by one the promenaders had left the Marina, and all sound had died away.
carriages
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From this reading The last of the broad-wheeled, heavily-built carriages had rolled away through the white streets of the town.
concert
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From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
died
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From this reading One by one the promenaders had left the Marina, and all sound had died away.
dispersed
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From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
enthusiasm
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From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
faint
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From this reading There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
groves
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From this reading There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
heavily-built
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From this reading The last of the broad-wheeled, heavily-built carriages had rolled away through the white streets of the town.
hoarse
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From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
homes
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From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading TREACHERY It was almost midnight, and Palermo lay sleeping in the moonlight.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading TREACHERY It was almost midnight, and Palermo lay sleeping in the moonlight.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
lay
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From this reading TREACHERY It was almost midnight, and Palermo lay sleeping in the moonlight.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One by one the promenaders had left the Marina, and all sound had died away.
Marina
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From this reading One by one the promenaders had left the Marina, and all sound had died away.
midnight
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From this reading TREACHERY It was almost midnight, and Palermo lay sleeping in the moonlight.
moonlight
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From this reading TREACHERY It was almost midnight, and Palermo lay sleeping in the moonlight.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The last of the broad-wheeled, heavily-built carriages had rolled away through the white streets of the town.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One by one the promenaders had left the Marina, and all sound had died away.
orange
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From this reading There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
Palermo
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From this reading TREACHERY It was almost midnight, and Palermo lay sleeping in the moonlight.
people
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From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
promenaders
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From this reading One by one the promenaders had left the Marina, and all sound had died away.
ripple
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From this reading There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
rolled
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From this reading The last of the broad-wheeled, heavily-built carriages had rolled away through the white streets of the town.
scarcely
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From this reading There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
sighing
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From this reading There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
sleeping
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From this reading TREACHERY It was almost midnight, and Palermo lay sleeping in the moonlight.
sound
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From this reading One by one the promenaders had left the Marina, and all sound had died away.
streets
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From this reading The last of the broad-wheeled, heavily-built carriages had rolled away through the white streets of the town.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TREACHERY It was almost midnight, and Palermo lay sleeping in the moonlight.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
There
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From this reading There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The last of the broad-wheeled, heavily-built carriages had rolled away through the white streets of the town.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
town
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From this reading The last of the broad-wheeled, heavily-built carriages had rolled away through the white streets of the town.
TREACHERYnounUS /ˈtrɛtʃəri/
betrayal of trust
From this reading TREACHERY It was almost midnight, and Palermo lay sleeping in the moonlight.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TREACHERY It was almost midnight, and Palermo lay sleeping in the moonlight.
water
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From this reading There was a faint, sighing breeze in the orange groves around the bay, but scarcely a ripple upon the water.
white
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From this reading The last of the broad-wheeled, heavily-built carriages had rolled away through the white streets of the town.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The concert was over, and the people who had shouted themselves hoarse with enthusiasm had dispersed at last to their homes.
