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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 It was Friday morning and a chilly, depressing gray fog was driving in from the Sound.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was Friday morning and a chilly, depressing gray fog was driving in from the Sound.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was twenty minutes before first recitation hour and Gerald had the entrance to himself.
bellowed
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From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
buoy
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From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
chillyadjectiveUS /ˈtʃɪli/
unpleasantly cold
From this reading It was Friday morning and a chilly, depressing gray fog was driving in from the Sound.
column
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From this reading A copy of the morning’s Greenburg _News_ was held in front of him, getting damper and limper every minute, and Gerald was perusing the football column.
copy
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From this reading A copy of the morning’s Greenburg _News_ was held in front of him, getting damper and limper every minute, and Gerald was perusing the football column.
creeping
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From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
damper
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From this reading A copy of the morning’s Greenburg _News_ was held in front of him, getting damper and limper every minute, and Gerald was perusing the football column.
DEFEAT
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From this reading THE _NEWS_ PREDICTS DEFEAT Gerald sat on the lowest step in front of Oxford.
depressing
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From this reading It was Friday morning and a chilly, depressing gray fog was driving in from the Sound.
distance
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From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
driving
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From this reading It was Friday morning and a chilly, depressing gray fog was driving in from the Sound.
entrance
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From this reading It was twenty minutes before first recitation hour and Gerald had the entrance to himself.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading A copy of the morning’s Greenburg _News_ was held in front of him, getting damper and limper every minute, and Gerald was perusing the football column.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was twenty minutes before first recitation hour and Gerald had the entrance to himself.
fog
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From this reading It was Friday morning and a chilly, depressing gray fog was driving in from the Sound.
football
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From this reading A copy of the morning’s Greenburg _News_ was held in front of him, getting damper and limper every minute, and Gerald was perusing the football column.
Friday
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From this reading It was Friday morning and a chilly, depressing gray fog was driving in from the Sound.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was Friday morning and a chilly, depressing gray fog was driving in from the Sound.
front
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From this reading THE _NEWS_ PREDICTS DEFEAT Gerald sat on the lowest step in front of Oxford.
Gerald
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From this reading THE _NEWS_ PREDICTS DEFEAT Gerald sat on the lowest step in front of Oxford.
getting
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From this reading A copy of the morning’s Greenburg _News_ was held in front of him, getting damper and limper every minute, and Gerald was perusing the football column.
gray
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From this reading It was Friday morning and a chilly, depressing gray fog was driving in from the Sound.
Greenburg
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From this reading A copy of the morning’s Greenburg _News_ was held in front of him, getting damper and limper every minute, and Gerald was perusing the football column.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was twenty minutes before first recitation hour and Gerald had the entrance to himself.
held
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From this reading A copy of the morning’s Greenburg _News_ was held in front of him, getting damper and limper every minute, and Gerald was perusing the football column.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A copy of the morning’s Greenburg _News_ was held in front of him, getting damper and limper every minute, and Gerald was perusing the football column.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was twenty minutes before first recitation hour and Gerald had the entrance to himself.
hoarsely
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From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
hour
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From this reading It was twenty minutes before first recitation hour and Gerald had the entrance to himself.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE _NEWS_ PREDICTS DEFEAT Gerald sat on the lowest step in front of Oxford.
intervals
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From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Friday morning and a chilly, depressing gray fog was driving in from the Sound.
limper
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From this reading A copy of the morning’s Greenburg _News_ was held in front of him, getting damper and limper every minute, and Gerald was perusing the football column.
lowest
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From this reading THE _NEWS_ PREDICTS DEFEAT Gerald sat on the lowest step in front of Oxford.
minute
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From this reading A copy of the morning’s Greenburg _News_ was held in front of him, getting damper and limper every minute, and Gerald was perusing the football column.
minutes
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From this reading It was twenty minutes before first recitation hour and Gerald had the entrance to himself.
moaning
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From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Friday morning and a chilly, depressing gray fog was driving in from the Sound.
morning's
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From this reading A copy of the morning’s Greenburg _News_ was held in front of him, getting damper and limper every minute, and Gerald was perusing the football column.
NEWS
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From this reading THE _NEWS_ PREDICTS DEFEAT Gerald sat on the lowest step in front of Oxford.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE _NEWS_ PREDICTS DEFEAT Gerald sat on the lowest step in front of Oxford.
off
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From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE _NEWS_ PREDICTS DEFEAT Gerald sat on the lowest step in front of Oxford.
Oxford
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From this reading THE _NEWS_ PREDICTS DEFEAT Gerald sat on the lowest step in front of Oxford.
perusing
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From this reading A copy of the morning’s Greenburg _News_ was held in front of him, getting damper and limper every minute, and Gerald was perusing the football column.
PREDICTS
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From this reading THE _NEWS_ PREDICTS DEFEAT Gerald sat on the lowest step in front of Oxford.
recitation
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From this reading It was twenty minutes before first recitation hour and Gerald had the entrance to himself.
sat
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From this reading THE _NEWS_ PREDICTS DEFEAT Gerald sat on the lowest step in front of Oxford.
shore
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From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
Somewhere
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From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
Sound
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From this reading It was Friday morning and a chilly, depressing gray fog was driving in from the Sound.
steamer
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From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE _NEWS_ PREDICTS DEFEAT Gerald sat on the lowest step in front of Oxford.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE _NEWS_ PREDICTS DEFEAT Gerald sat on the lowest step in front of Oxford.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was twenty minutes before first recitation hour and Gerald had the entrance to himself.
twenty
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From this reading It was twenty minutes before first recitation hour and Gerald had the entrance to himself.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Friday morning and a chilly, depressing gray fog was driving in from the Sound.
whistlenounUS /ˈwhistle/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Somewhere in the distance a whistle buoy was moaning and at intervals a steamer, creeping along off shore, bellowed hoarsely.
