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Ace
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From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
Alarm
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From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
Alden
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From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
all
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From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
Andy
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From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
apron
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From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Control yourself, Bert, control yourself,” grinned Andy as he hoisted himself out of the cockpit and slid to the ground.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
Bellevue
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From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
Bert
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From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
blame
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From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
bursting
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From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
can't
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From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
chasing
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From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
chief
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From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
cockpit
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From this reading “Control yourself, Bert, control yourself,” grinned Andy as he hoisted himself out of the cockpit and slid to the ground.
concrete
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From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
Control
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From this reading “Control yourself, Bert, control yourself,” grinned Andy as he hoisted himself out of the cockpit and slid to the ground.
curiosity
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From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
curious
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From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
excitement
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From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
field
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From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
grinned
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From this reading “Control yourself, Bert, control yourself,” grinned Andy as he hoisted himself out of the cockpit and slid to the ground.
ground
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From this reading “Control yourself, Bert, control yourself,” grinned Andy as he hoisted himself out of the cockpit and slid to the ground.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Control yourself, Bert, control yourself,” grinned Andy as he hoisted himself out of the cockpit and slid to the ground.
hoisted
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From this reading “Control yourself, Bert, control yourself,” grinned Andy as he hoisted himself out of the cockpit and slid to the ground.
hours
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From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
I've
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From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “That’s just it,” said Andy.
just
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From this reading “That’s just it,” said Andy.
Kentucky
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From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
learn
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From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
marooned
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From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
nearly
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From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
Night
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From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Control yourself, Bert, control yourself,” grinned Andy as he hoisted himself out of the cockpit and slid to the ground.
operator
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From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
out
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From this reading “Control yourself, Bert, control yourself,” grinned Andy as he hoisted himself out of the cockpit and slid to the ground.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
radio
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From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
said
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From this reading “That’s just it,” said Andy.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
service
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From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
slid
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From this reading “Control yourself, Bert, control yourself,” grinned Andy as he hoisted himself out of the cockpit and slid to the ground.
southeastern
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From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
taxied
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From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
That's
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From this reading “That’s just it,” said Andy.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
twelve
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From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
up
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From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
waiting
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From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The Night Alarm When Andy taxied the Ace across the field at Bellevue and up to the concrete apron, he found Bert waiting for him.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The radio operator was nearly bursting with curiosity to learn what Andy and the secret service chief had found at Alden.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
you've
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From this reading “You can’t blame me for being curious,” replied Bert, “when I’ve been marooned here for the last twelve hours while you’ve been chasing excitement all over southeastern Kentucky.”
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Control yourself, Bert, control yourself,” grinned Andy as he hoisted himself out of the cockpit and slid to the ground.
