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4
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From this reading The Granleigh contest resulted in a 4 to 4 tie.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Granleigh contest resulted in a 4 to 4 tie.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
anxious
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From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The latter spread over seven good, fast innings and was captured by the home team in the sixth.
canceled
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From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
captured
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From this reading The latter spread over seven good, fast innings and was captured by the home team in the sixth.
commence
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From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
contest
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From this reading The Granleigh contest resulted in a 4 to 4 tie.
countenances
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From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
deep
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From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
didn't
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From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
everywhere
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From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
evidence
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From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
examinations
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From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
fast
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From this reading The latter spread over seven good, fast innings and was captured by the home team in the sixth.
five
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From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
four
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From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
games
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From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
GOES
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From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The latter spread over seven good, fast innings and was captured by the home team in the sixth.
Granleigh
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From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
High
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From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
home
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From this reading The latter spread over seven good, fast innings and was captured by the home team in the sixth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
innings
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From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
latter
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From this reading The latter spread over seven good, fast innings and was captured by the home team in the sixth.
LORING
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From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
Monday
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From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
o'clock
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From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
only
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From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The latter spread over seven good, fast innings and was captured by the home team in the sixth.
played
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From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
Practice
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From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
resulted
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From this reading The Granleigh contest resulted in a 4 to 4 tie.
school
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From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
SCOUTING
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From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
season
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From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
second
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From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
seven
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From this reading The latter spread over seven good, fast innings and was captured by the home team in the sixth.
sixthnounUS /sixth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The latter spread over seven good, fast innings and was captured by the home team in the sixth.
spread
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From this reading The latter spread over seven good, fast innings and was captured by the home team in the sixth.
team
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From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
Thursday
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From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
tie
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From this reading The Granleigh contest resulted in a 4 to 4 tie.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
Tuesday
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From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
two
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From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The latter spread over seven good, fast innings and was captured by the home team in the sixth.
Waterside
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From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
week
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From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Practice didn’t commence until four o’clock, and games with the second were canceled for the rest of the season.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The second team played two games that week, one with Granleigh High School on Tuesday, which went to only five innings, and one with Waterside on Thursday.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading LORING GOES SCOUTING Monday found the school deep in examinations, with anxious countenances everywhere in evidence.
