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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 It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
apparent
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
avenue
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From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
boots
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From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
Brownlow
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From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
brows
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From this reading His hat was over his brows, his face haggard and ghastly.
burying
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From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
bushes
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From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
departing
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
DESPAIR
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From this reading DESPAIR.
desperation
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
down
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From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
dress
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From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
excitement
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
face
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From this reading His hat was over his brows, his face haggard and ghastly.
fell
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
gate
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From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
ghastly
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From this reading His hat was over his brows, his face haggard and ghastly.
gleamed
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From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
grass
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From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
haggard
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From this reading His hat was over his brows, his face haggard and ghastly.
hat
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From this reading His hat was over his brows, his face haggard and ghastly.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
hours
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From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
illumination
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
increased
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
indifferent
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
Jack
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From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
met
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From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
moonlight
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
most
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
nearly
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From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
night
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading His hat was over his brows, his face haggard and ghastly.
park
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From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
passer-by
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
perhaps
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
Powys
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From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
quickly
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From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
two
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From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
very
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From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
visitor
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
walking
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From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
wet
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From this reading He had been walking very quickly down the avenue; his boots and his dress gleamed in the moonlight as if he had been burying himself among the wet grass and bushes in the park.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was nearly two hours after this when Jack Brownlow met Powys at the gate.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
white
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From this reading It was a moonlight night, and the white illumination which fell upon the departing visitor perhaps increased the look of excitement and desperation which might have been apparent even to the most indifferent passer-by.
