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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 There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
all
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From this reading Last of all a policeman also came.
aloft
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From this reading The miserable boys took entire credit to themselves for discovering me perched aloft.
also
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From this reading Last of all a policeman also came.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
arch
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
assembled
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
attention
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From this reading They pointed me out and called attention to the Jubbulpore rope dangling from the lamp, and elaborated their own theories.
boys
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
called
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came
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From this reading Last of all a policeman also came.
collected
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
credit
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From this reading The miserable boys took entire credit to themselves for discovering me perched aloft.
crowd
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
dangling
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From this reading They pointed me out and called attention to the Jubbulpore rope dangling from the lamp, and elaborated their own theories.
discovering
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elaborated
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From this reading They pointed me out and called attention to the Jubbulpore rope dangling from the lamp, and elaborated their own theories.
entire
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From this reading The miserable boys took entire credit to themselves for discovering me perched aloft.
female
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
focus
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
followed
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The miserable boys took entire credit to themselves for discovering me perched aloft.
formed
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They pointed me out and called attention to the Jubbulpore rope dangling from the lamp, and elaborated their own theories.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Now, then,” he said, “what’s all this, then?”
immediate
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
Jubbulpore
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From this reading They pointed me out and called attention to the Jubbulpore rope dangling from the lamp, and elaborated their own theories.
lamp
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From this reading They pointed me out and called attention to the Jubbulpore rope dangling from the lamp, and elaborated their own theories.
LastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Last of all a policeman also came.
male
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The miserable boys took entire credit to themselves for discovering me perched aloft.
miserable
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From this reading The miserable boys took entire credit to themselves for discovering me perched aloft.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
Now
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From this reading “Now, then,” he said, “what’s all this, then?”
nucleus
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
out
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From this reading They pointed me out and called attention to the Jubbulpore rope dangling from the lamp, and elaborated their own theories.
own
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From this reading They pointed me out and called attention to the Jubbulpore rope dangling from the lamp, and elaborated their own theories.
perched
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From this reading The miserable boys took entire credit to themselves for discovering me perched aloft.
persons
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
pointed
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From this reading They pointed me out and called attention to the Jubbulpore rope dangling from the lamp, and elaborated their own theories.
policeman
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From this reading Last of all a policeman also came.
possible
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
response
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
rope
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From this reading They pointed me out and called attention to the Jubbulpore rope dangling from the lamp, and elaborated their own theories.
roughestnounUS /ˈroughest/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
said
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small
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They pointed me out and called attention to the Jubbulpore rope dangling from the lamp, and elaborated their own theories.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The miserable boys took entire credit to themselves for discovering me perched aloft.
then
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
theories
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From this reading They pointed me out and called attention to the Jubbulpore rope dangling from the lamp, and elaborated their own theories.
There
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Now, then,” he said, “what’s all this, then?”
three
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From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The miserable boys took entire credit to themselves for discovering me perched aloft.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The miserable boys took entire credit to themselves for discovering me perched aloft.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
what's
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From this reading “Now, then,” he said, “what’s all this, then?”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There followed no immediate response, then three boys assembled under my arch, and they formed a nucleus or focus about which a small crowd of the roughest possible persons, male and female, collected.
