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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 COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES Half a minute later the horn blew and the quarter ended.
adversary's
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From this reading Kenwood, profiting by her adversary's example, started a kicking game.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dannis let the centre alone now and sent his backs outside of tackles and made gains of a sort.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES Half a minute later the horn blew and the quarter ended.
APOLOGISES
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From this reading COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES Half a minute later the horn blew and the quarter ended.
attacks
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From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
back
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From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
backs
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From this reading Dannis let the centre alone now and sent his backs outside of tackles and made gains of a sort.
ball
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From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
blew
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From this reading COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES Half a minute later the horn blew and the quarter ended.
Blue
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Kenwood, profiting by her adversary's example, started a kicking game.
centre
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From this reading Dannis let the centre alone now and sent his backs outside of tackles and made gains of a sort.
cleats
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
COACH
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From this reading COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES Half a minute later the horn blew and the quarter ended.
Dannis
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From this reading Dannis let the centre alone now and sent his backs outside of tackles and made gains of a sort.
digging
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
DRISCOLL
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From this reading COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES Half a minute later the horn blew and the quarter ended.
ended
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From this reading COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES Half a minute later the horn blew and the quarter ended.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
example
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From this reading Kenwood, profiting by her adversary's example, started a kicking game.
exchange
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
facing
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From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
five
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
gains
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From this reading Dannis let the centre alone now and sent his backs outside of tackles and made gains of a sort.
game
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From this reading Kenwood, profiting by her adversary's example, started a kicking game.
gave
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
HalfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES Half a minute later the horn blew and the quarter ended.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Kenwood, profiting by her adversary's example, started a kicking game.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dannis let the centre alone now and sent his backs outside of tackles and made gains of a sort.
History
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
horn
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From this reading COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES Half a minute later the horn blew and the quarter ended.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
Kenwood
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From this reading Kenwood, profiting by her adversary's example, started a kicking game.
kicking
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From this reading Kenwood, profiting by her adversary's example, started a kicking game.
later
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From this reading COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES Half a minute later the horn blew and the quarter ended.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Dannis let the centre alone now and sent his backs outside of tackles and made gains of a sort.
line
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From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
made
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From this reading Dannis let the centre alone now and sent his backs outside of tackles and made gains of a sort.
many
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
minute
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From this reading COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES Half a minute later the horn blew and the quarter ended.
minutes
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
now
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From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
old
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Dannis let the centre alone now and sent his backs outside of tackles and made gains of a sort.
Parkinson
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From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
period
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
profiting
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From this reading Kenwood, profiting by her adversary's example, started a kicking game.
punts
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
quarter
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From this reading COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES Half a minute later the horn blew and the quarter ended.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
sent
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From this reading Dannis let the centre alone now and sent his backs outside of tackles and made gains of a sort.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
soon
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From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
sort
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From this reading Dannis let the centre alone now and sent his backs outside of tackles and made gains of a sort.
started
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From this reading Kenwood, profiting by her adversary's example, started a kicking game.
tackles
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From this reading Dannis let the centre alone now and sent his backs outside of tackles and made gains of a sort.
territory
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES Half a minute later the horn blew and the quarter ended.
thirty-yard
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
yards
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From this reading History repeated herself and every exchange of punts gave the Blue a good five yards of territory and before the period was many minutes old Parkinson was digging her cleats into her thirty-yard line.
yielded
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From this reading Parkinson went back to line attacks, now that she was facing the wind, and soon yielded the ball.
