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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 “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
abutted
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From this reading The wine cellar abutted upon the library.
Alike
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From this reading Alike in gray eyes and in dark blue there was laughter.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
away
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From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
blue
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From this reading Alike in gray eyes and in dark blue there was laughter.
bottles
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
breaking
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case
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From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
cellar
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From this reading The wine cellar abutted upon the library.
dark
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From this reading Alike in gray eyes and in dark blue there was laughter.
dusty
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
end
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
eyes
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From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
folk
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From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
going
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
gray
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From this reading Alike in gray eyes and in dark blue there was laughter.
Haward
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Alike in gray eyes and in dark blue there was laughter.
interior
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From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
Kittle
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From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
laughter
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From this reading Alike in gray eyes and in dark blue there was laughter.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
library
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From this reading The wine cellar abutted upon the library.
like
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
lips
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
Madeira
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
MAN
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From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
MASTER
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From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
men
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From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
met
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From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
neck
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
needles
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From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
pins
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From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
pistol
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
put
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From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
Quakers
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From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
quenched
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
report
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
row
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
said
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From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
set
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
shrug
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From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
store
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From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
storekeeper
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From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
there
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From this reading Alike in gray eyes and in dark blue there was laughter.
therewith
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
thirst
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From this reading Haward, going to the end of the store, found a row of dusty bottles, and breaking the neck of one with a report like that of a pistol set the Madeira to his lips, and therewith quenched his thirst.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
turned
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From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
two
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From this reading MASTER AND MAN The two men, left alone, turned each toward the interior of the store, and their eyes met.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The wine cellar abutted upon the library.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Alike in gray eyes and in dark blue there was laughter.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
wine
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From this reading The wine cellar abutted upon the library.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Kittle folk, the Quakers,” said the storekeeper, with a shrug, and went to put away his case of pins and needles.
