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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 She caught it with a boy's ease.
abolished
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
all
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
baton
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From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
belch
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
boy's
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From this reading She caught it with a boy's ease.
Carlini
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From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
catherine-wheeling
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
caught
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From this reading She caught it with a boy's ease.
clattering
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
conductor
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From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
dancers
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
delirium
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From this reading It was delirium.
diamond-hiked
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
double-basses
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
Earth
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
ease
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From this reading She caught it with a boy's ease.
electrolier
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
flat
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
gestured
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From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
Gubby
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
guttural
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
house
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
improvised
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
instruments
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She caught it with a boy's ease.
kick
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
led
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
lockstep
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
maddened
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
more
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
once
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
picked
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
round
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
sent
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
shoe
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
stage
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
Then
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
threw
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From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
thrice
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From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
up
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From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
verse
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From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
Village
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
voted
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From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading At the last verse she gestured to Carlini the conductor, who threw her up his baton.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She caught it with a boy's ease.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Are you _with_ me?' she cried once more, and--the maddened house behind her--abolished all the instruments except the guttural belch of the double-basses on '_Earth_'--'The Village that voted the _Earth_ was flat--_Earth_ was flat!'
