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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 BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After that trotting was out of the question, but, although there was time to talk, neither had enough breath left.
agreement
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After that trotting was out of the question, but, although there was time to talk, neither had enough breath left.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
away
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From this reading Then the doorway swallowed them and each hurried away to his room with only the fraction of a minute to spare.
back
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
BARGAIN
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
big
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
breath
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From this reading After that trotting was out of the question, but, although there was time to talk, neither had enough breath left.
brick
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
broke
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From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
building
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading After that trotting was out of the question, but, although there was time to talk, neither had enough breath left.
chance
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
conversation
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
curved
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
doorway
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From this reading Then the doorway swallowed them and each hurried away to his room with only the fraction of a minute to spare.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Then the doorway swallowed them and each hurried away to his room with only the fraction of a minute to spare.
enough
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From this reading After that trotting was out of the question, but, although there was time to talk, neither had enough breath left.
entered
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
entrance
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
fifteen
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followed
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
fraction
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From this reading Then the doorway swallowed them and each hurried away to his room with only the fraction of a minute to spare.
gaspnounUS /ɡæsp/
a sudden sharp intake of breath
From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
gravel
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
grounds
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After that trotting was out of the question, but, although there was time to talk, neither had enough breath left.
high
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then the doorway swallowed them and each hurried away to his room with only the fraction of a minute to spare.
hurried
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From this reading Then the doorway swallowed them and each hurried away to his room with only the fraction of a minute to spare.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
ISauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
jog-trot
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From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
kept
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From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
lacked
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After that trotting was out of the question, but, although there was time to talk, neither had enough breath left.
Logan
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From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
managed
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
meet
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
mile
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
minute
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From this reading Then the doorway swallowed them and each hurried away to his room with only the fraction of a minute to spare.
minutes
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
much
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading After that trotting was out of the question, but, although there was time to talk, neither had enough breath left.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
Once
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From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
only
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
out
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From this reading After that trotting was out of the question, but, although there was time to talk, neither had enough breath left.
path
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
quarter
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After that trotting was out of the question, but, although there was time to talk, neither had enough breath left.
River
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From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
room
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From this reading Then the doorway swallowed them and each hurried away to his room with only the fraction of a minute to spare.
school
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
SEALEDadjectiveUS /siːld/
closed and kept secret in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
session
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
sidewalk
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From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
spare
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From this reading Then the doorway swallowed them and each hurried away to his room with only the fraction of a minute to spare.
Street
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From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
swallowed
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From this reading Then the doorway swallowed them and each hurried away to his room with only the fraction of a minute to spare.
talk
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From this reading After that trotting was out of the question, but, although there was time to talk, neither had enough breath left.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After that trotting was out of the question, but, although there was time to talk, neither had enough breath left.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then the doorway swallowed them and each hurried away to his room with only the fraction of a minute to spare.
Then
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From this reading Then the doorway swallowed them and each hurried away to his room with only the fraction of a minute to spare.
There
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
tilt
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From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
trotting
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From this reading After that trotting was out of the question, but, although there was time to talk, neither had enough breath left.
turned
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From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
up
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From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
upward
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From this reading Once on River Street they broke into a jog-trot and kept it up until they turned into Logan Street and the sidewalk began to tilt upward.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
wasn't
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
way
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From this reading THE BARGAIN IS SEALED There wasn’t much chance for conversation on the way back, for it lacked only fifteen minutes of school time and the high school was a good mile and a quarter distant.
west
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then the doorway swallowed them and each hurried away to his room with only the fraction of a minute to spare.
yellow
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From this reading As they entered the school grounds and followed the gravel path that curved to the west entrance of the big yellow brick building they managed to gasp out an agreement to meet after morning session.
