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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 A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
agile
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
alarmed
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From this reading The alarmed traveler closed the coach door behind him carefully, and looked wistfully round.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The alarmed traveler closed the coach door behind him carefully, and looked wistfully round.
any
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From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The alarmed traveler closed the coach door behind him carefully, and looked wistfully round.
black
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
bold
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
bones
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
carefully
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From this reading The alarmed traveler closed the coach door behind him carefully, and looked wistfully round.
charm
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
cheek
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
chin
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
closed
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From this reading The alarmed traveler closed the coach door behind him carefully, and looked wistfully round.
coach
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From this reading The alarmed traveler closed the coach door behind him carefully, and looked wistfully round.
door
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From this reading The alarmed traveler closed the coach door behind him carefully, and looked wistfully round.
enabled
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From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
examine
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From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
eyes
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading First he saw the young man, frightened.
flash
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From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
frightened
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From this reading First he saw the young man, frightened.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
GILBERT
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From this reading GILBERT.
habitual
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From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading First he saw the young man, frightened.
head
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From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The alarmed traveler closed the coach door behind him carefully, and looked wistfully round.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
hooked
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
lacked
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
lighting
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From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
lip
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The alarmed traveler closed the coach door behind him carefully, and looked wistfully round.
man
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From this reading First he saw the young man, frightened.
new
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From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
nose
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
observationnounUS /ˈobservation/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
operation
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From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
out
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
person
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From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
projecting
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
resolution
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
revealed
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
round
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From this reading The alarmed traveler closed the coach door behind him carefully, and looked wistfully round.
rounded
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
saw
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From this reading First he saw the young man, frightened.
seeing
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From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
shrewdness
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
sixteen
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
small
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
springald
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
stuck
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
sweetness
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The alarmed traveler closed the coach door behind him carefully, and looked wistfully round.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A flash of lighting enabled him to examine him from head to foot, an operation habitual to him on seeing any new person or thing.
token
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From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
traveler
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From this reading The alarmed traveler closed the coach door behind him carefully, and looked wistfully round.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading This was a springald of sixteen, small, thin and agile; his bold black eyes lacked sweetness but not charm: shrewdness and observation were revealed in his thin, hooked nose, fine lip and projecting cheek bones, while the rounded chin stuck out in token of resolution.
wistfully
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From this reading The alarmed traveler closed the coach door behind him carefully, and looked wistfully round.
young
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From this reading First he saw the young man, frightened.
