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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 She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
adventure
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From this reading It looked very much as if this were Betty’s final adventure.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Tossed over the bushes, she had just escaped being hurled against the tree, but had struck her head on one of its large roots as she fell.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
arms
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From this reading Both arms were over her head, for she had tried to catch the branches as she was thrown.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It looked very much as if this were Betty’s final adventure.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Tossed over the bushes, she had just escaped being hurled against the tree, but had struck her head on one of its large roots as she fell.
Betty's
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From this reading It looked very much as if this were Betty’s final adventure.
BothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both arms were over her head, for she had tried to catch the branches as she was thrown.
branches
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From this reading Both arms were over her head, for she had tried to catch the branches as she was thrown.
brown
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From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
bushes
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From this reading Tossed over the bushes, she had just escaped being hurled against the tree, but had struck her head on one of its large roots as she fell.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Tossed over the bushes, she had just escaped being hurled against the tree, but had struck her head on one of its large roots as she fell.
catch
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From this reading Both arms were over her head, for she had tried to catch the branches as she was thrown.
coat
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From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
collar
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From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
dark
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From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
elevation
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From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
escaped
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From this reading Tossed over the bushes, she had just escaped being hurled against the tree, but had struck her head on one of its large roots as she fell.
face
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From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
fell
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From this reading Tossed over the bushes, she had just escaped being hurled against the tree, but had struck her head on one of its large roots as she fell.
final
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From this reading It looked very much as if this were Betty’s final adventure.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Both arms were over her head, for she had tried to catch the branches as she was thrown.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
ground
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From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
hair
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From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
head
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From this reading Both arms were over her head, for she had tried to catch the branches as she was thrown.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Both arms were over her head, for she had tried to catch the branches as she was thrown.
huge
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From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
hurled
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From this reading Tossed over the bushes, she had just escaped being hurled against the tree, but had struck her head on one of its large roots as she fell.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It looked very much as if this were Betty’s final adventure.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It looked very much as if this were Betty’s final adventure.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Tossed over the bushes, she had just escaped being hurled against the tree, but had struck her head on one of its large roots as she fell.
just
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From this reading Tossed over the bushes, she had just escaped being hurled against the tree, but had struck her head on one of its large roots as she fell.
large
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From this reading Tossed over the bushes, she had just escaped being hurled against the tree, but had struck her head on one of its large roots as she fell.
lay
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From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
limp
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From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It looked very much as if this were Betty’s final adventure.
mass
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From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
much
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From this reading It looked very much as if this were Betty’s final adventure.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Both arms were over her head, for she had tried to catch the branches as she was thrown.
pale
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From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
riding
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From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
rolled
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From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
roots
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From this reading Tossed over the bushes, she had just escaped being hurled against the tree, but had struck her head on one of its large roots as she fell.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
shoulders
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From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
side
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From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tossed over the bushes, she had just escaped being hurled against the tree, but had struck her head on one of its large roots as she fell.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It looked very much as if this were Betty’s final adventure.
thrown
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From this reading Both arms were over her head, for she had tried to catch the branches as she was thrown.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Both arms were over her head, for she had tried to catch the branches as she was thrown.
Tossed
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From this reading Tossed over the bushes, she had just escaped being hurled against the tree, but had struck her head on one of its large roots as she fell.
tree
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From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
tried
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From this reading Both arms were over her head, for she had tried to catch the branches as she was thrown.
trunk
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From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
tumblingnounUS /ˈtumbling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Her face was pale, her hands and arms limp, her brown hair a tumbling mass about the dark collar and shoulders of her riding coat.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
very
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From this reading It looked very much as if this were Betty’s final adventure.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Both arms were over her head, for she had tried to catch the branches as she was thrown.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It looked very much as if this were Betty’s final adventure.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading She lay upon the ground, on one side, where she had rolled from the elevation about the trunk of a huge tree.
