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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 first plunge of his unshod foot into the cool grass struck a concealed mine.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
assuage
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
attempted
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
barber
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From this reading The first to perceive the remedy was Estebán Delgado, the barber, a man of travel and education.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
bitten
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From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
bulk
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
cathedral
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From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
citizens
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From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
concealed
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From this reading The first plunge of his unshod foot into the cool grass struck a concealed mine.
convey
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
cool
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From this reading The first plunge of his unshod foot into the cool grass struck a concealed mine.
corner
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
crumpled
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From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
crying
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From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
de
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
deadly
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From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
Delgado
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From this reading The first to perceive the remedy was Estebán Delgado, the barber, a man of travel and education.
Don
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
education
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From this reading The first to perceive the remedy was Estebán Delgado, the barber, a man of travel and education.
Estebán
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From this reading The first to perceive the remedy was Estebán Delgado, the barber, a man of travel and education.
Everywhere
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From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
fatally
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From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
Federico
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
feet
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From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
fell
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From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first plunge of his unshod foot into the cool grass struck a concealed mine.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first plunge of his unshod foot into the cool grass struck a concealed mine.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
grass
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From this reading The first plunge of his unshod foot into the cool grass struck a concealed mine.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
harass
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From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
hopping
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From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
Ildefonso
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
insects
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From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The first plunge of his unshod foot into the cool grass struck a concealed mine.
Juez
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
la
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
like
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From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
limping
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From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
man
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From this reading The first to perceive the remedy was Estebán Delgado, the barber, a man of travel and education.
matutinal
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The first plunge of his unshod foot into the cool grass struck a concealed mine.
night
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From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
out
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From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
Paz
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
perceive
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From this reading The first to perceive the remedy was Estebán Delgado, the barber, a man of travel and education.
picking
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From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
plaza
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
plunge
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From this reading The first plunge of his unshod foot into the cool grass struck a concealed mine.
pulperia
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
remedy
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From this reading The first to perceive the remedy was Estebán Delgado, the barber, a man of travel and education.
scorpion
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From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
Señor
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
shoeless
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From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
single
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From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
stone
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first plunge of his unshod foot into the cool grass struck a concealed mine.
stumbling
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From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Don Ildefonso fell like a crumpled cathedral, crying out that he had been fatally bitten by a deadly scorpion.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
thirst
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
travel
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From this reading The first to perceive the remedy was Estebán Delgado, the barber, a man of travel and education.
twenty
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
unshod
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From this reading The first plunge of his unshod foot into the cool grass struck a concealed mine.
Valdazar
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
venomous
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From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first to perceive the remedy was Estebán Delgado, the barber, a man of travel and education.
weighing
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From this reading Don Señor Ildefonso Federico Valdazar, _Juez de la Paz_, weighing twenty stone, attempted to convey his bulk to the _pulperia_ at the corner of the plaza in order to assuage his matutinal thirst.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Everywhere were the shoeless citizens hopping, stumbling, limping, and picking from their feet the venomous insects that had come in a single night to harass them.
