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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 Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
absent
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From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
AcademynounUS /əˈkæd.ə.mi/
A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.
From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
arm-bands
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
arrived
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
banners
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
bearing
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
brown
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
bunches
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From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
certainly
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From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
confident
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From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
connected
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From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
Cotterville
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From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
didn't
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From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
else
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From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
English
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
extremely
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From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
faculty
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From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
few
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From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
flaunting
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
Freeburg
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From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It took possession of the town’s few lunch rooms and overflowed from the Inn.
grounds
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From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
high-spirited
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From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
horde
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
Inn
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From this reading It took possession of the town’s few lunch rooms and overflowed from the Inn.
invading
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It took possession of the town’s few lunch rooms and overflowed from the Inn.
janitor
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From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
lunch
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From this reading It took possession of the town’s few lunch rooms and overflowed from the Inn.
made
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From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
megaphones
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
members
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From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
missed
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From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
more
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From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
motor
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
Oh
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From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
Old
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
other
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From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
overflowed
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From this reading It took possession of the town’s few lunch rooms and overflowed from the Inn.
patronizing
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From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
possession
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From this reading It took possession of the town’s few lunch rooms and overflowed from the Inn.
Possibly
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From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
Principal
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From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
rooms
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From this reading It took possession of the town’s few lunch rooms and overflowed from the Inn.
Saturday
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From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
school
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From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
slightly
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From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
streets
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From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
ties
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took possession of the town’s few lunch rooms and overflowed from the Inn.
town's
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From this reading It took possession of the town’s few lunch rooms and overflowed from the Inn.
train
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
two
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From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
W
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
wandered
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From this reading It wandered about the streets and over the school grounds in bunches of two or more, slightly patronizing, high-spirited and extremely confident.
well
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From this reading Oh, well, of course the Principal didn’t come, and a few of the other members of the faculty may have been absent, but no one missed them.
white
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From this reading The invading horde arrived by train and by motor, flaunting brown banners bearing the white Old English W, brown arm-bands, brown megaphones and brown ties.
WINS
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From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
Wolcott
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From this reading WYNDHAM WINS Possibly the school janitor remained behind in Cotterville that Saturday, but certainly every one else connected with Wolcott Academy made the journey to Freeburg.
WYNDHAM
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