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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 Was it little more than a week, thought Harry Fleming, American Boy Scout living in London, since he had uttered those words so lightly?
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
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American
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Was it just two days since father and mother had been so suddenly recalled to the States?
anywhere
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From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
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bidden
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Boy
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boys
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busily
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canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
can't
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From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
chum
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days
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detailed
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Dick
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discovery
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enemy
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English
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father
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Fleming
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goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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good-bye
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Grenfel
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
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Harry
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hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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heliographs
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herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Was it just a week since Grenfel, his English scoutmaster, had bidden the boys good-bye?
home
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From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
I'd
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From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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just
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led
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lightly
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littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Was it little more than a week, thought Harry Fleming, American Boy Scout living in London, since he had uttered those words so lightly?
living
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London
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longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
Mercer
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messages
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mission
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more
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morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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mother
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North
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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rather
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recalled
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Scout
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scoutmaster
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Sea
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secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
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sending
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sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
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States
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suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Was it just two days since father and mother had been so suddenly recalled to the States?
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Was it just that very morning that he and his good chum Dick Mercer had been detailed on this mission which had led to the discovery of the secret heliographs so busily sending messages to the enemy across the North Sea?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Was it just that very morning that he and his good chum Dick Mercer had been detailed on this mission which had led to the discovery of the secret heliographs so busily sending messages to the enemy across the North Sea?
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Was it little more than a week, thought Harry Fleming, American Boy Scout living in London, since he had uttered those words so lightly?
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Was it little more than a week, thought Harry Fleming, American Boy Scout living in London, since he had uttered those words so lightly?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Was it just two days since father and mother had been so suddenly recalled to the States?
two
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utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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very
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Wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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week
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
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words
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world
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From this reading "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!"
