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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 No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
alike
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From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
bank
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From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
blue
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From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
canoes
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
chance
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From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
Company
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From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
creaking
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From this reading I crossed the empty room and went up the creaking stairway.
crossed
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From this reading I crossed the empty room and went up the creaking stairway.
door
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From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
drank
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From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
drawers
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From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
drink
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From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
empty
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From this reading I crossed the empty room and went up the creaking stairway.
Esperance
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
forest
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
fort
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From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
gave
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From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
George
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
glanced
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
gone
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From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
guest
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From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
guests
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From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
gunners
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
guns
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
Host
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From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
house
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From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
Indian
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
Lord
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From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
lower
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From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
men
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From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
met
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From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
musketnounUS /ˈmusket/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
off
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From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
only
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From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
out
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
palisade
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From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
perched
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From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
pigeon
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From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
pipe
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From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
rising
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
river
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From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
room
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From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
saw
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
shore
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
sill
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From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
silver
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
smoke
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
southern
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
stairway
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From this reading I crossed the empty room and went up the creaking stairway.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
sunny
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From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
sword
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From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
tankard
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From this reading Host and drawers and chance guests alike had left pipe and tankard for sword and musket, and were gone to fort or palisade or river bank.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
up
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From this reading I crossed the empty room and went up the creaking stairway.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
watching
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From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I crossed the empty room and went up the creaking stairway.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
whirred
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From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
wide
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From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
window
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From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I glanced out of the window as I passed it, and saw the silver river and the _George_ and the _Esperance_, with the gunners at the guns watching for Indian canoes, and saw smoke rising from the forest on the southern shore.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading In which my Lord and I part Company The door of the guest house stood wide, and within the lower room were neither men that drank nor men that gave to drink.
withstood
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From this reading No one met me or withstood me; only a pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny window whirred off into the blue.
