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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 The school-master salutes him, and receives a greeting in return; he finds a stool, and seats himself in front of Ole.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There Ole Nordistuen is sitting alone, by the side of his bed, his eyes fixed on his hands.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
autumn
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From this reading It is well on in the autumn.
bed
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From this reading There Ole Nordistuen is sitting alone, by the side of his bed, his eyes fixed on his hands.
building
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There Ole Nordistuen is sitting alone, by the side of his bed, his eyes fixed on his hands.
comes
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
door
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
eyes
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From this reading There Ole Nordistuen is sitting alone, by the side of his bed, his eyes fixed on his hands.
finds
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
fixed
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From this reading There Ole Nordistuen is sitting alone, by the side of his bed, his eyes fixed on his hands.
front
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From this reading The school-master salutes him, and receives a greeting in return; he finds a stool, and seats himself in front of Ole.
greeting
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From this reading The school-master salutes him, and receives a greeting in return; he finds a stool, and seats himself in front of Ole.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading There Ole Nordistuen is sitting alone, by the side of his bed, his eyes fixed on his hands.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Several years have passed since the last scene.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The school-master salutes him, and receives a greeting in return; he finds a stool, and seats himself in front of Ole.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The school-master salutes him, and receives a greeting in return; he finds a stool, and seats himself in front of Ole.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There Ole Nordistuen is sitting alone, by the side of his bed, his eyes fixed on his hands.
home
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is well on in the autumn.
innermost
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is well on in the autumn.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is well on in the autumn.
keeps
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Several years have passed since the last scene.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
Nordistuen
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There Ole Nordistuen is sitting alone, by the side of his bed, his eyes fixed on his hands.
Ole
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From this reading There Ole Nordistuen is sitting alone, by the side of his bed, his eyes fixed on his hands.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It is well on in the autumn.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
opens
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
outer
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Several years have passed since the last scene.
reaches
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
receives
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From this reading The school-master salutes him, and receives a greeting in return; he finds a stool, and seats himself in front of Ole.
return
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From this reading The school-master salutes him, and receives a greeting in return; he finds a stool, and seats himself in front of Ole.
room
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
salutes
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From this reading The school-master salutes him, and receives a greeting in return; he finds a stool, and seats himself in front of Ole.
scene
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From this reading Several years have passed since the last scene.
school-master
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
seats
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From this reading The school-master salutes him, and receives a greeting in return; he finds a stool, and seats himself in front of Ole.
Several
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From this reading Several years have passed since the last scene.
side
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From this reading There Ole Nordistuen is sitting alone, by the side of his bed, his eyes fixed on his hands.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Several years have passed since the last scene.
sitting
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From this reading There Ole Nordistuen is sitting alone, by the side of his bed, his eyes fixed on his hands.
stool
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From this reading The school-master salutes him, and receives a greeting in return; he finds a stool, and seats himself in front of Ole.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Several years have passed since the last scene.
There
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From this reading There Ole Nordistuen is sitting alone, by the side of his bed, his eyes fixed on his hands.
thus
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
up
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
walking
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From this reading The school-master comes walking up to Nordistuen, opens the outer door, finds no one at home, opens another, finds no one at home; and thus he keeps on until he reaches the innermost room in the long building.
well
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From this reading It is well on in the autumn.
years
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From this reading Several years have passed since the last scene.
