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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 THE WAR Well, but it was a snug little cabin!
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
Aunt
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
baked
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
biscuit
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
borrowed
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From this reading Keefe had brought out his borrowed guitar and kept the room ringing with his melodies.
brightest
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From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Keefe had brought out his borrowed guitar and kept the room ringing with his melodies.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE WAR Well, but it was a snug little cabin!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
cabin
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From this reading THE WAR Well, but it was a snug little cabin!
coals
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
cooked
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
dainties
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
dessert
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
drift
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From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
faces
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From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
festive
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From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
find
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From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
frocks
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From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
girls
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From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
guitar
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From this reading Keefe had brought out his borrowed guitar and kept the room ringing with his melodies.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Keefe had brought out his borrowed guitar and kept the room ringing with his melodies.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Keefe had brought out his borrowed guitar and kept the room ringing with his melodies.
honey
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE WAR Well, but it was a snug little cabin!
Keefe
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From this reading Keefe had brought out his borrowed guitar and kept the room ringing with his melodies.
kept
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From this reading Keefe had brought out his borrowed guitar and kept the room ringing with his melodies.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WAR Well, but it was a snug little cabin!
mattered
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From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
melodies
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From this reading Keefe had brought out his borrowed guitar and kept the room ringing with his melodies.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
mist-wraiths
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From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
occasion
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From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
out
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From this reading Keefe had brought out his borrowed guitar and kept the room ringing with his melodies.
pane
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From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
pause
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From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
potatoes
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
put
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From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
raised
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
ringing
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From this reading Keefe had brought out his borrowed guitar and kept the room ringing with his melodies.
room
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From this reading Keefe had brought out his borrowed guitar and kept the room ringing with his melodies.
safe
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From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
saw
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From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
served
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
snug
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From this reading THE WAR Well, but it was a snug little cabin!
special
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
spectral
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From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
stew
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
supper
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WAR Well, but it was a snug little cabin!
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
thrust
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From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
trunks
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From this reading The girls saw that the occasion was to be a festive one, and put on the brightest frocks they could find in their trunks.
WAR
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From this reading THE WAR Well, but it was a snug little cabin!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE WAR Well, but it was a snug little cabin!
Well
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From this reading THE WAR Well, but it was a snug little cabin!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
window
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From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading The mist-wraiths might drift by the window, might even pause to thrust their spectral faces against the pane, but it mattered nothing to those who were safe and snug within.
Zillah
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From this reading Aunt Zillah cooked her special stew for supper, and served it with potatoes baked in the coals, raised biscuit, and honey and dainties for dessert.
