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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 IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
aloof
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
attended
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From this reading There was a great scuffle attended by a general banging of books upon heads.
banging
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From this reading There was a great scuffle attended by a general banging of books upon heads.
boisterously
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From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading There was a great scuffle attended by a general banging of books upon heads.
buildings
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From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
buzz
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From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There was a great scuffle attended by a general banging of books upon heads.
classes
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
college
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From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
conflict
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From this reading This was in order to prolong the conflict.
corrider
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From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
crowd
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From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
deeply
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From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
devoted
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
doors
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From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
encouragement
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
engaged
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
flew
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From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
general
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From this reading There was a great scuffle attended by a general banging of books upon heads.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a great scuffle attended by a general banging of books upon heads.
ground
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
heads
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From this reading There was a great scuffle attended by a general banging of books upon heads.
heart
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
herculean
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
high-walled
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From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
higher
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
huge
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From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
inserted
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From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
jostlings
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From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
lost
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
loud
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From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
lower
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
members
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
men
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From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
moment
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was in order to prolong the conflict.
pair
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From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
play
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
prolong
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From this reading This was in order to prolong the conflict.
scuffle
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From this reading There was a great scuffle attended by a general banging of books upon heads.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
strictly
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
students
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From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
SuddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
talk
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From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
There
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From this reading There was a great scuffle attended by a general banging of books upon heads.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was in order to prolong the conflict.
throng
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From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
two
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From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There was a great scuffle attended by a general banging of books upon heads.
waited
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From this reading IN a high-walled corrider of one of the college buildings, a crowd of students waited amid jostlings and a loud buzz of talk.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a great scuffle attended by a general banging of books upon heads.
wedge
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From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
whicheverdeterminerUS /wɪˈtʃevər/
any one of a set, it does not matter which
From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The two lower classes engaged in herculean play while members of the two higher classes, standing aloof, devoted themselves strictly to the encouragement of whichever party for a moment lost ground or heart.
young
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From this reading Suddenly a huge pair of doors flew open and a wedge of young men inserted itself boisterously and deeply into the throng.
