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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
acquaintance
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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
ahead
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
alley
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
almost
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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE OWNER OF THE POTATO PATCH, AND HIS DOG.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
back
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
black-whiskered
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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
block
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
broad
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
corner
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
crossing
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
DOG
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From this reading THE OWNER OF THE POTATO PATCH, AND HIS DOG.
down
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
dropped
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
Duffer
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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
encounter
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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
enemy
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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
few
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
fields
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From this reading He then took to the fields.
followed
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
Garty's
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
going
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
got
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE OWNER OF THE POTATO PATCH, AND HIS DOG.
hogshead
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
Jack
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
Jack's
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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
Judge
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
key
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
man
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
mill-pond
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
moment
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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
narrow
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE OWNER OF THE POTATO PATCH, AND HIS DOG.
old
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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
only
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
OWNER
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From this reading THE OWNER OF THE POTATO PATCH, AND HIS DOG.
PASSING
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
PATCH
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From this reading THE OWNER OF THE POTATO PATCH, AND HIS DOG.
pond
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
POTATO
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From this reading THE OWNER OF THE POTATO PATCH, AND HIS DOG.
quickly
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
red-faced
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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
rods
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
savage-looking
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
saw
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
shore
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
slipped
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
street
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
teamster
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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE OWNER OF THE POTATO PATCH, AND HIS DOG.
then
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From this reading He then took to the fields.
thick-set
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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He then took to the fields.
turned
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
up
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
very
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
water
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From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
well
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From this reading He got on very well until, as he was crossing a potato patch, he saw, only a few rods ahead of him, a man going up from the shore of the pond, followed by a savage-looking dog.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading PASSING the corner of the block, where he dropped Judge Garty’s key into the hogshead of water, Jack slipped into a short, narrow alley, and turned down a back street which brought him quickly to the shore of a broad mill-pond, where it stopped.
wished
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From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was our old acquaintance and Jack’s enemy, Duffer,[1] a thick-set, red-faced, black-whiskered teamster, almost the last man Jack would have wished at that moment to encounter.
