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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 WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
airplane
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From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
all
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From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
any
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From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
away
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
Betty
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading It both frightened and exhilarated her.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She wanted to cry and she wanted to laugh, but she did neither.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
car
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From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
childhood
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
coach
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
cry
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From this reading She wanted to cry and she wanted to laugh, but she did neither.
day
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
demurely
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From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
destination
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From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She wanted to cry and she wanted to laugh, but she did neither.
exhilarated
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From this reading It both frightened and exhilarated her.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
frightened
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From this reading It both frightened and exhilarated her.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
head
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From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
hour
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From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
Instead
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From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
jogging
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
knowledge
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From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
laugh
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From this reading She wanted to cry and she wanted to laugh, but she did neither.
like
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From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
looking
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From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
moon
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From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
motor
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From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading She wanted to cry and she wanted to laugh, but she did neither.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
off
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From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
out
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From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
people
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
placed
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From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
power
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From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
sat
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From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
scarcely
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From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
scenes
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
seated
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
seen
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
started
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From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
town
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
train
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
traveler
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From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
trembling
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
turning
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From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
violently
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
wanted
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From this reading She wanted to cry and she wanted to laugh, but she did neither.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
way
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From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading WHEN Betty found herself seated on the day coach of a way train, jogging along toward a town she had never seen and away from the scenes and people of her childhood, she found herself trembling violently.
window
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From this reading Instead she sat demurely for the first hour and a half looking out of the window like any traveler, scarcely turning her head nor looking at anything in the car.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading It was as if she had suddenly been placed in an airplane all by herself and started off to the moon without any knowledge of her motor power or destination.
