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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 On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
accident
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
all
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
AMauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I AM THE RECIPIENT OF TERRIBLE NEWS.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
down
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
dropped
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
early
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From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
feelings
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From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
gave
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From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
good-morning
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From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
habits
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From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
house
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I AM THE RECIPIENT OF TERRIBLE NEWS.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
looking
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
lost
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
man
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From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
neighbours
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From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
NEWS
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From this reading I AM THE RECIPIENT OF TERRIBLE NEWS.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I AM THE RECIPIENT OF TERRIBLE NEWS.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
out
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From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
paused
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From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
perhaps
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
pick
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
RECIPIENT
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From this reading I AM THE RECIPIENT OF TERRIBLE NEWS.
rooms
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
rose
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From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
Saturday
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From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
situation
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
stairs
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
strange
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From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
street
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
street-door
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
TERRIBLEnounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I AM THE RECIPIENT OF TERRIBLE NEWS.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I AM THE RECIPIENT OF TERRIBLE NEWS.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
three
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From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
Two
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From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
up
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
usual
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From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
vacantly
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
violently
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From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
wandered
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From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
well
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From this reading Two or three neighbours passed and gave me good-morning, and one paused and asked if I was not well.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I wandered up and down the stairs and into all the rooms in the house, and to the street-door, where I stood looking vacantly along the street, perhaps for the situation I had lost, as though it were something I had dropped by accident and could pick up again.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
wrenched
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From this reading On Saturday morning I rose early, with the strange feelings of a man whose habits of life had been suddenly and violently wrenched out of their usual course.
