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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 None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
Adriance
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From this reading In the first place, the marriage of Anthony Adriance, Junior, somehow escaped the sensational journals, as a pleasing theme.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
announcing
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From this reading There were no headlines announcing: "Son of a millionaire weds a nursemaid."
Anthony
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From this reading In the first place, the marriage of Anthony Adriance, Junior, somehow escaped the sensational journals, as a pleasing theme.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
attended
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
December
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Nothing did happen.
early
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
escaped
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From this reading In the first place, the marriage of Anthony Adriance, Junior, somehow escaped the sensational journals, as a pleasing theme.
experiences
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the first place, the marriage of Anthony Adriance, Junior, somehow escaped the sensational journals, as a pleasing theme.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
happen
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From this reading Nothing did happen.
headlines
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From this reading There were no headlines announcing: "Son of a millionaire weds a nursemaid."
HOUSE
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From this reading THE LUCK IN THE HOUSE.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LUCK IN THE HOUSE.
journals
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From this reading In the first place, the marriage of Anthony Adriance, Junior, somehow escaped the sensational journals, as a pleasing theme.
Junior
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From this reading In the first place, the marriage of Anthony Adriance, Junior, somehow escaped the sensational journals, as a pleasing theme.
like
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
LUCK
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From this reading THE LUCK IN THE HOUSE.
lusty
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
marriage
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From this reading In the first place, the marriage of Anthony Adriance, Junior, somehow escaped the sensational journals, as a pleasing theme.
millionaire
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From this reading There were no headlines announcing: "Son of a millionaire weds a nursemaid."
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There were no headlines announcing: "Son of a millionaire weds a nursemaid."
NonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
northern
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing did happen.
November
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
nursemaid
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From this reading There were no headlines announcing: "Son of a millionaire weds a nursemaid."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
out
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
overtook
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
place
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From this reading In the first place, the marriage of Anthony Adriance, Junior, somehow escaped the sensational journals, as a pleasing theme.
pleasing
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From this reading In the first place, the marriage of Anthony Adriance, Junior, somehow escaped the sensational journals, as a pleasing theme.
ran
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
red
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
seas
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
sensational
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From this reading In the first place, the marriage of Anthony Adriance, Junior, somehow escaped the sensational journals, as a pleasing theme.
snow
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
somehow
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From this reading In the first place, the marriage of Anthony Adriance, Junior, somehow escaped the sensational journals, as a pleasing theme.
Son
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From this reading There were no headlines announcing: "Son of a millionaire weds a nursemaid."
stormed
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LUCK IN THE HOUSE.
theme
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From this reading In the first place, the marriage of Anthony Adriance, Junior, somehow escaped the sensational journals, as a pleasing theme.
There
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From this reading There were no headlines announcing: "Son of a millionaire weds a nursemaid."
traditionary
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
tremendous
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
two
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
usual
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
viking
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.
weds
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From this reading There were no headlines announcing: "Son of a millionaire weds a nursemaid."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were no headlines announcing: "Son of a millionaire weds a nursemaid."
winds
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From this reading None of the traditionary usual experiences overtook the two in the little red house, as November ran out and December stormed in like a lusty viking from northern seas, attended by tremendous winds and early snow.