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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 At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
AID
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From this reading FIRST AID TO THE INJURED.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
any
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
anywhere
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
APPARENTLY
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From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
barn
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
buildings
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From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
certain
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From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
crop
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
cyclones
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
damage
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From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
demolishing
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
dipped
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
down
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
else
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
farm
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From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
FIRSTnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FIRST AID TO THE INJURED.
gale
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From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
generally
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
glance
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From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
group
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From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
havoc
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From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
hay
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
hovering
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From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
INJURED
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From this reading FIRST AID TO THE INJURED.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
jumping
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
known
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
lately
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From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
more
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
movements
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
much
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
near
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
noticed
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From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
particular
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From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
partly
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
Perhaps
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
persons
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From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
played
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From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
quarter
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
queer
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
rate
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
scattered
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
scouts
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From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
section
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From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
several
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
severely
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From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
spot
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From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
storm
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From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
succeeded
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Perhaps, with the queer, jumping movements known to cyclones, it had dipped down in this one quarter much more severely than anywhere else near by.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FIRST AID TO THE INJURED.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
things
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FIRST AID TO THE INJURED.
tons
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
upset
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first thing the scouts noticed after that one glance around at the damage done by the gale, was that a little group of persons seemed to be hovering over a certain spot.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading APPARENTLY the storm that had so lately passed over this section had played particular havoc with the farm buildings.
year's
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From this reading At any rate, it had succeeded in partly demolishing a barn, scattered several tons of fine hay--that year's crop--and upset things generally.
