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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 HAWTHORNE COMES TO CONQUER The day of the Hawthorne game dawned cold and gray, with a chill breeze out of the east that held a tang of the ocean thirty miles away.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
all
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From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
amuse
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From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HAWTHORNE COMES TO CONQUER The day of the Hawthorne game dawned cold and gray, with a chill breeze out of the east that held a tang of the ocean thirty miles away.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
away
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better
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From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
breeze
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ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
came
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capacities
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chill
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cold
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COMES
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CONQUER
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correspondingly
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From this reading The football team dined at twelve that day, so at Sunnywood the dinner hour was set forward correspondingly.
dawned
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day
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dined
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From this reading The football team dined at twelve that day, so at Sunnywood the dinner hour was set forward correspondingly.
dinner
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From this reading The football team dined at twelve that day, so at Sunnywood the dinner hour was set forward correspondingly.
early
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east
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efforts
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From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
eleven
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From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
football
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From this reading The football team dined at twelve that day, so at Sunnywood the dinner hour was set forward correspondingly.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
forenoon
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From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The football team dined at twelve that day, so at Sunnywood the dinner hour was set forward correspondingly.
game
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Gil
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From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
gloom
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From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
gray
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From this reading HAWTHORNE COMES TO CONQUER The day of the Hawthorne game dawned cold and gray, with a chill breeze out of the east that held a tang of the ocean thirty miles away.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
HAWTHORNE
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held
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hour
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From this reading The football team dined at twelve that day, so at Sunnywood the dinner hour was set forward correspondingly.
hundred
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From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
instant
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From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
Jeffrey
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From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
Jim
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From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
limit
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From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
lunch
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miles
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morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
nearly
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From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
nervousness
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From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
o'clock
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From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
ocean
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HAWTHORNE COMES TO CONQUER The day of the Hawthorne game dawned cold and gray, with a chill breeze out of the east that held a tang of the ocean thirty miles away.
out
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peeped
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From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
Poke
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From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
possession
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From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
promising
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From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
railroad
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From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
restaurant
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From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
rooms
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From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
set
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From this reading The football team dined at twelve that day, so at Sunnywood the dinner hour was set forward correspondingly.
showed
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From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The football team dined at twelve that day, so at Sunnywood the dinner hour was set forward correspondingly.
strong
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From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
sun
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From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
Sunnywood
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From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
tang
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taxing
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From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
team
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From this reading The football team dined at twelve that day, so at Sunnywood the dinner hour was set forward correspondingly.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading HAWTHORNE COMES TO CONQUER The day of the Hawthorne game dawned cold and gray, with a chill breeze out of the east that held a tang of the ocean thirty miles away.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HAWTHORNE COMES TO CONQUER The day of the Hawthorne game dawned cold and gray, with a chill breeze out of the east that held a tang of the ocean thirty miles away.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
things
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From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
thirty
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thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading By eleven o’clock the sun had peeped for an instant through the gloom, promising better things for the afternoon.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HAWTHORNE COMES TO CONQUER The day of the Hawthorne game dawned cold and gray, with a chill breeze out of the east that held a tang of the ocean thirty miles away.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
twelve
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From this reading The football team dined at twelve that day, so at Sunnywood the dinner hour was set forward correspondingly.
two
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From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
unmistakable
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From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
various
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From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
veterans
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From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
village
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From this reading Hawthorne came along, nearly two hundred strong, early in the forenoon and took possession of the village, taxing the capacities of the railroad restaurant and the various lunch rooms to the limit.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The football team dined at twelve that day, so at Sunnywood the dinner hour was set forward correspondingly.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At Sunnywood Gil and Poke, veterans though they were, showed unmistakable nervousness all the morning, and it took the required efforts of Jim and Jeffrey to amuse them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading HAWTHORNE COMES TO CONQUER The day of the Hawthorne game dawned cold and gray, with a chill breeze out of the east that held a tang of the ocean thirty miles away.
