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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 With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
ALICE
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From this reading ALICE AND GRIF MEET FRIENDS UPON THE ROAD.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ALICE AND GRIF MEET FRIENDS UPON THE ROAD.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
away
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From this reading There lay the road to the open country, away from the sea.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
country
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From this reading There lay the road to the open country, away from the sea.
crushed
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From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
day
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From this reading The fatigue Alice had undergone the previous day seemed to have had no effect upon her.
death
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From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
effect
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From this reading The fatigue Alice had undergone the previous day seemed to have had no effect upon her.
excitement
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From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
fatigue
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From this reading The fatigue Alice had undergone the previous day seemed to have had no effect upon her.
fear
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From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
frame
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From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
FRIENDS
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From this reading ALICE AND GRIF MEET FRIENDS UPON THE ROAD.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There lay the road to the open country, away from the sea.
GRIF
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From this reading ALICE AND GRIF MEET FRIENDS UPON THE ROAD.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The fatigue Alice had undergone the previous day seemed to have had no effect upon her.
hand
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From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The fatigue Alice had undergone the previous day seemed to have had no effect upon her.
heart
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From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
held
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From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
highest
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From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
lay
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From this reading There lay the road to the open country, away from the sea.
letter
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From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
MEET
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From this reading ALICE AND GRIF MEET FRIENDS UPON THE ROAD.
Melbourne
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From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
Milly's
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From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
nerves
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From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The fatigue Alice had undergone the previous day seemed to have had no effect upon her.
North
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From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading There lay the road to the open country, away from the sea.
pitch
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From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
PoornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
pressure
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From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
previous
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From this reading The fatigue Alice had undergone the previous day seemed to have had no effect upon her.
quivering
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From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
ROAD
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From this reading ALICE AND GRIF MEET FRIENDS UPON THE ROAD.
sea
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From this reading There lay the road to the open country, away from the sea.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fatigue Alice had undergone the previous day seemed to have had no effect upon her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
side
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From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
strung
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From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
swiftly
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From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
tension
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From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALICE AND GRIF MEET FRIENDS UPON THE ROAD.
There
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From this reading There lay the road to the open country, away from the sea.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There lay the road to the open country, away from the sea.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
unconsciously
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From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
undergone
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From this reading The fatigue Alice had undergone the previous day seemed to have had no effect upon her.
UPONprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading ALICE AND GRIF MEET FRIENDS UPON THE ROAD.
walked
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From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Poor Milly's death, and the letter which she still unconsciously held crushed in her hand, had strung her nerves to the highest pitch of tension.
whole
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From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a dreadful fear at her heart, and her whole frame quivering under the pressure of a terrible excitement, Alice, with Grif by her side, walked swiftly on towards North Melbourne.
