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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 An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
any
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From this reading In any event there was nothing that could have been done for him.
artery
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
assistance
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
automatic
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From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In any event there was nothing that could have been done for him.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
bled
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
breast
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From this reading Teddy felt the fallen man's breast, but he was not breathing.
breathing
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From this reading Teddy felt the fallen man's breast, but he was not breathing.
bullet
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From this reading Teddy found Davis lying on the ground with a bullet in his hip.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Teddy felt the fallen man's breast, but he was not breathing.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading In any event there was nothing that could have been done for him.
cut
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
Davis
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From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
death
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
desperately
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
died
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In any event there was nothing that could have been done for him.
drawn
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From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
dying
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From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
event
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From this reading In any event there was nothing that could have been done for him.
fallen
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From this reading Teddy felt the fallen man's breast, but he was not breathing.
felt
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From this reading Teddy felt the fallen man's breast, but he was not breathing.
fired
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From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In any event there was nothing that could have been done for him.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Teddy found Davis lying on the ground with a bullet in his hip.
get
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
ground
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From this reading Teddy found Davis lying on the ground with a bullet in his hip.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
hatred
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From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In any event there was nothing that could have been done for him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Teddy felt the fallen man's breast, but he was not breathing.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In any event there was nothing that could have been done for him.
hip
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From this reading Teddy found Davis lying on the ground with a bullet in his hip.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In any event there was nothing that could have been done for him.
land
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
lying
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From this reading Teddy found Davis lying on the ground with a bullet in his hip.
man's
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From this reading Teddy felt the fallen man's breast, but he was not breathing.
much
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From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Teddy felt the fallen man's breast, but he was not breathing.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading In any event there was nothing that could have been done for him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Teddy found Davis lying on the ground with a bullet in his hip.
one-pounder
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
only
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
pistols
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From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
quietly
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
roof
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
shell
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
sight
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From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
smashed
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
splinter
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
sprinting
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From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
Teddy
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From this reading Teddy felt the fallen man's breast, but he was not breathing.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In any event there was nothing that could have been done for him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Teddy felt the fallen man's breast, but he was not breathing.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
there
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From this reading In any event there was nothing that could have been done for him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
too
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From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
trying
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From this reading An artery had been cut by a splinter of the one-pounder shell that had smashed the roof, and he had bled quietly to death, only trying desperately to land and get assistance before he died.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Teddy felt the fallen man's breast, but he was not breathing.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sight of Teddy and Davis sprinting toward him with drawn pistols had been too much for his hatred, however, and he had fired his automatic at them even as he was dying.
