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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 He paused to put things a bit in order, and his eye caught his own name on one of the papers.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On his way down from the office he passed through the library, and of course noticed the disordered papers on the table.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It began, "Dear Father Boone," and the same salutation headed several more of the sheets.
bit
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From this reading He paused to put things a bit in order, and his eye caught his own name on one of the papers.
Boone
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came
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caught
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Club
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coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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crumpled
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From this reading The sheets were scribbled on and scratched and some were crumpled and torn.
Dear
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From this reading It began, "Dear Father Boone," and the same salutation headed several more of the sheets.
diplomats
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disordered
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down
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exit
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eye
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Father
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forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading The New Quest The diplomats had hardly gone ten minutes when Father Boone came into the Club to get something he had forgotten in his indignant exit.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On his way down from the office he passed through the library, and of course noticed the disordered papers on the table.
get
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gone
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From this reading The New Quest The diplomats had hardly gone ten minutes when Father Boone came into the Club to get something he had forgotten in his indignant exit.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The New Quest The diplomats had hardly gone ten minutes when Father Boone came into the Club to get something he had forgotten in his indignant exit.
hardly
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From this reading The New Quest The diplomats had hardly gone ten minutes when Father Boone came into the Club to get something he had forgotten in his indignant exit.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The New Quest The diplomats had hardly gone ten minutes when Father Boone came into the Club to get something he had forgotten in his indignant exit.
headed
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From this reading It began, "Dear Father Boone," and the same salutation headed several more of the sheets.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The New Quest The diplomats had hardly gone ten minutes when Father Boone came into the Club to get something he had forgotten in his indignant exit.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The New Quest The diplomats had hardly gone ten minutes when Father Boone came into the Club to get something he had forgotten in his indignant exit.
indignant
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The New Quest The diplomats had hardly gone ten minutes when Father Boone came into the Club to get something he had forgotten in his indignant exit.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It began, "Dear Father Boone," and the same salutation headed several more of the sheets.
library
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minutes
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more
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namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He paused to put things a bit in order, and his eye caught his own name on one of the papers.
New
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noticed
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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office
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OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On his way down from the office he passed through the library, and of course noticed the disordered papers on the table.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He paused to put things a bit in order, and his eye caught his own name on one of the papers.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He paused to put things a bit in order, and his eye caught his own name on one of the papers.
own
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From this reading He paused to put things a bit in order, and his eye caught his own name on one of the papers.
papers
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passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On his way down from the office he passed through the library, and of course noticed the disordered papers on the table.
paused
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put
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From this reading He paused to put things a bit in order, and his eye caught his own name on one of the papers.
Quest
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From this reading The New Quest The diplomats had hardly gone ten minutes when Father Boone came into the Club to get something he had forgotten in his indignant exit.
salutation
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From this reading It began, "Dear Father Boone," and the same salutation headed several more of the sheets.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It began, "Dear Father Boone," and the same salutation headed several more of the sheets.
scratched
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From this reading The sheets were scribbled on and scratched and some were crumpled and torn.
scribbled
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From this reading The sheets were scribbled on and scratched and some were crumpled and torn.
several
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sheets
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some
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From this reading The sheets were scribbled on and scratched and some were crumpled and torn.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
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table
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ten
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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The New Quest The diplomats had hardly gone ten minutes when Father Boone came into the Club to get something he had forgotten in his indignant exit.
things
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From this reading He paused to put things a bit in order, and his eye caught his own name on one of the papers.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On his way down from the office he passed through the library, and of course noticed the disordered papers on the table.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The New Quest The diplomats had hardly gone ten minutes when Father Boone came into the Club to get something he had forgotten in his indignant exit.
torn
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From this reading The sheets were scribbled on and scratched and some were crumpled and torn.
way
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wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The sheets were scribbled on and scratched and some were crumpled and torn.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The New Quest The diplomats had hardly gone ten minutes when Father Boone came into the Club to get something he had forgotten in his indignant exit.
