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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
angle
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From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
bandying
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From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
barrow
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From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
bed
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From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
boxes
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From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
brae
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From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Many passed him by, but occasionally some one came to rest by his side.
buying
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From this reading From her window I saw Hendry buying dulse.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Many passed him by, but occasionally some one came to rest by his side.
came
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From this reading Many passed him by, but occasionally some one came to rest by his side.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
customer
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From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
DOCTORnounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
door
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From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
dulse
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From this reading From her window I saw Hendry buying dulse.
dulseman
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From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
early
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From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
easily
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From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
east-trouser
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From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
filled
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From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From her window I saw Hendry buying dulse.
giving
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From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
gone
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From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
Hendry
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From this reading From her window I saw Hendry buying dulse.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Many passed him by, but occasionally some one came to rest by his side.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading From her window I saw Hendry buying dulse.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
Jess
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From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
kitchen
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From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
loquacious
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From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
Many
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From this reading Many passed him by, but occasionally some one came to rest by his side.
merely
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From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
most
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From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
Now
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From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
occasionally
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From this reading Many passed him by, but occasionally some one came to rest by his side.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Many passed him by, but occasionally some one came to rest by his side.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many passed him by, but occasionally some one came to rest by his side.
pocket
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From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
sat
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From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
saw
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From this reading From her window I saw Hendry buying dulse.
shafts
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From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
side
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From this reading Many passed him by, but occasionally some one came to rest by his side.
slimy
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From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
some
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From this reading Many passed him by, but occasionally some one came to rest by his side.
stolidly
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From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
there
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From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
top
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From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
unbuttoned
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From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
UnlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
WAITING
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From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR Jess had gone early to rest, and the door of her bed in the kitchen was pulled to.
wheeled
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From this reading Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
window
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From this reading From her window I saw Hendry buying dulse.
words
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From this reading Unless the customer was loquacious, there was no bandying of words, and Hendry merely unbuttoned his east-trouser pocket, giving his body the angle at which the pocket could be most easily filled by the dulseman.
