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From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
BEALBY
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From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
border
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From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
box
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From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
bushes
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From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
came
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From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
caravan
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From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
ceased
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From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
clamour
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From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
crest
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From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
disaster
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From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
ears
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From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
expectation
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From this reading He was a receptive expectation.
extreme
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From this reading His ideas of his immediate future were vague in the extreme.
fence
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From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
future
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From this reading His ideas of his immediate future were vague in the extreme.
gross
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From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
halted
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From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
hills
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From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
ideas
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From this reading His ideas of his immediate future were vague in the extreme.
immediate
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From this reading His ideas of his immediate future were vague in the extreme.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
leave
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From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
listening
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From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
longer
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From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
loth
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From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
made
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From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
negligence
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From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
off
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From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
overhung
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From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
own
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From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
plantation
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From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
receptive
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From this reading He was a receptive expectation.
regretfully
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From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
road
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From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
sorrowing
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From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
Then
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From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
TRAMP
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From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
turned
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From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
up
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From this reading Then he halted for a time and stood sorrowing and listening and then turned up by a fence along the border of a plantation and so came into a little overhung road.
vague
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From this reading His ideas of his immediate future were vague in the extreme.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His ideas of his immediate future were vague in the extreme.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading BEALBY AND THE TRAMP § 1 Bealby was loth to leave the caravan party even when by his own gross negligence it had ceased to be a caravan party.
yew
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From this reading He made off regretfully along the crest of the hills through bushes of yew and box until the clamour of the disaster was no longer in his ears.
