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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
adjusted
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
adventure
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
ahead
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From this reading The road climbed steadily toward the mountaintop city ahead.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
armpits
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
Asher
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
back
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
band
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
barn
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From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
breathed
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
buyer
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
chest
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
circles
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
city
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From this reading The road climbed steadily toward the mountaintop city ahead.
climbed
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From this reading The road climbed steadily toward the mountaintop city ahead.
closed
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
cloth
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
curve
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From this reading The high-powered vehicle he was driving purred smoothly as it took the long, rising curve.
dazzling
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
deeply
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
disguisenounUS /dɪsˈɡaɪz/
A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.
From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
dispelled
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
driving
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From this reading The high-powered vehicle he was driving purred smoothly as it took the long, rising curve.
ended
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
eyes
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
fastened
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
furnishings
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
going
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
heavy
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
high-powered
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From this reading The high-powered vehicle he was driving purred smoothly as it took the long, rising curve.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
indeed
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The high-powered vehicle he was driving purred smoothly as it took the long, rising curve.
just
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
leaned
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The high-powered vehicle he was driving purred smoothly as it took the long, rising curve.
men's
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
moment
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
mountaintop
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From this reading The road climbed steadily toward the mountaintop city ahead.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
off
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
only
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From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
out
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From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
Paul
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
peculiar
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
purred
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From this reading The high-powered vehicle he was driving purred smoothly as it took the long, rising curve.
rising
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From this reading The high-powered vehicle he was driving purred smoothly as it took the long, rising curve.
road
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From this reading The road climbed steadily toward the mountaintop city ahead.
semi-darkness
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
shot
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
smoothly
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From this reading The high-powered vehicle he was driving purred smoothly as it took the long, rising curve.
spaceship
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From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
spectacles
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
steadily
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From this reading The road climbed steadily toward the mountaintop city ahead.
strange
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
sunlight
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The high-powered vehicle he was driving purred smoothly as it took the long, rising curve.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading The road climbed steadily toward the mountaintop city ahead.
tunnel
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From this reading He adjusted his heavy spectacles, closed his eyes for a moment, breathed deeply, and was off._ The semi-darkness was dispelled as he shot out of a tunnel into dazzling sunlight.
turned
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From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
vehicle
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From this reading The high-powered vehicle he was driving purred smoothly as it took the long, rising curve.
very
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning.
young
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From this reading Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circles--very peculiar circles indeed!_ _Paul Asher, 27, men's furnishings buyer, leaned back and let the cloth band be fastened across his chest, just under his armpits.
