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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading In truth, it seemed to him that he felt the trail beneath his feet.
Burning
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
calm
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From this reading "Howdy, gentlemen, howdy," he remarked, ignoring the unnatural calm with which they greeted his entrance.
ceased
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
companions
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
controlled
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
Daylight
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
door
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
entrance
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From this reading "Howdy, gentlemen, howdy," he remarked, ignoring the unnatural calm with which they greeted his entrance.
exaggerated
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From this reading The free, swinging movements of the trail-traveler were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his.
feet
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From this reading In truth, it seemed to him that he felt the trail beneath his feet.
felt
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From this reading In truth, it seemed to him that he felt the trail beneath his feet.
forbear
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From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading The free, swinging movements of the trail-traveler were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
gazed
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Howdy, gentlemen, howdy," he remarked, ignoring the unnatural calm with which they greeted his entrance.
greeted
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From this reading "Howdy, gentlemen, howdy," he remarked, ignoring the unnatural calm with which they greeted his entrance.
gripping
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From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
heartily
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From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In truth, it seemed to him that he felt the trail beneath his feet.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
Howdy
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From this reading "Howdy, gentlemen, howdy," he remarked, ignoring the unnatural calm with which they greeted his entrance.
ignoring
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From this reading "Howdy, gentlemen, howdy," he remarked, ignoring the unnatural calm with which they greeted his entrance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The free, swinging movements of the trail-traveler were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In truth, it seemed to him that he felt the trail beneath his feet.
Letton
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
movements
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From this reading The free, swinging movements of the trail-traveler were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his.
Nathaniel
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The free, swinging movements of the trail-traveler were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
opened
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
perturbation
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
remarked
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From this reading "Howdy, gentlemen, howdy," he remarked, ignoring the unnatural calm with which they greeted his entrance.
room
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In truth, it seemed to him that he felt the trail beneath his feet.
shook
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From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
stride
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From this reading The free, swinging movements of the trail-traveler were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his.
striding
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
swinging
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From this reading The free, swinging movements of the trail-traveler were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his.
talking
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The free, swinging movements of the trail-traveler were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Howdy, gentlemen, howdy," he remarked, ignoring the unnatural calm with which they greeted his entrance.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In truth, it seemed to him that he felt the trail beneath his feet.
trail
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From this reading In truth, it seemed to him that he felt the trail beneath his feet.
trail-traveler
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From this reading The free, swinging movements of the trail-traveler were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his.
truth
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From this reading In truth, it seemed to him that he felt the trail beneath his feet.
turn
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From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
two
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From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
unconsciously
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From this reading The free, swinging movements of the trail-traveler were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his.
unnatural
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From this reading "Howdy, gentlemen, howdy," he remarked, ignoring the unnatural calm with which they greeted his entrance.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The free, swinging movements of the trail-traveler were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Howdy, gentlemen, howdy," he remarked, ignoring the unnatural calm with which they greeted his entrance.
wince
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From this reading He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and gripping their hands so heartily that Nathaniel Letton could not forbear to wince.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with controlled perturbation at Burning Daylight striding into the room.
