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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 Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
appointed
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From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
back
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From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
boots
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
brown
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Then out of his door and down the walk strode—not the polychromatic victim of a lost summertime, but the sheepman, rehabilitated.
caricatured
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From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
delinquency
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From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
demurely
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From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
door
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From this reading Then out of his door and down the walk strode—not the polychromatic victim of a lost summertime, but the sheepman, rehabilitated.
down
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From this reading Then out of his door and down the walk strode—not the polychromatic victim of a lost summertime, but the sheepman, rehabilitated.
Dry
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From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
duck
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
expressing
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From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
felt
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
gate
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grey
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
hat
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From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
head
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
home
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From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
lawn
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From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
lost
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From this reading Then out of his door and down the walk strode—not the polychromatic victim of a lost summertime, but the sheepman, rehabilitated.
manner
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From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
minutes
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From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Then out of his door and down the walk strode—not the polychromatic victim of a lost summertime, but the sheepman, rehabilitated.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
old
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
out
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From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
Panchita
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From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
permit
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From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
polychromatic
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From this reading Then out of his door and down the walk strode—not the polychromatic victim of a lost summertime, but the sheepman, rehabilitated.
rehabilitated
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From this reading Then out of his door and down the walk strode—not the polychromatic victim of a lost summertime, but the sheepman, rehabilitated.
run-over
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
sailor
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From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
sheepman
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From this reading Then out of his door and down the walk strode—not the polychromatic victim of a lost summertime, but the sheepman, rehabilitated.
shirt
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
sidewalk
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From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
slowed
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From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
softly
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From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
sombrero
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
steps
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From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
strode
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From this reading Then out of his door and down the walk strode—not the polychromatic victim of a lost summertime, but the sheepman, rehabilitated.
strolled
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From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
stuffed
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
summertime
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From this reading Then out of his door and down the walk strode—not the polychromatic victim of a lost summertime, but the sheepman, rehabilitated.
tans
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From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
Then
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From this reading Then out of his door and down the walk strode—not the polychromatic victim of a lost summertime, but the sheepman, rehabilitated.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
tiptoed
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From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
trim
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From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
tripped
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From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
trousers
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
Twenty
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From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
unusual
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From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
up
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From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
Valley
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From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
Valley's
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From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
victim
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From this reading Then out of his door and down the walk strode—not the polychromatic victim of a lost summertime, but the sheepman, rehabilitated.
walk
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From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
white
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From this reading Twenty minutes after the time appointed for the walk Panchita tripped demurely out of her gate in a thin, trim white lawn and sailor hat.
wonder
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From this reading She strolled up the sidewalk and slowed her steps at Dry Valley’s gate, her manner expressing wonder at his unusual delinquency.
woolen
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
wore
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From this reading He wore his old grey woolen shirt, open at the throat, his brown duck trousers stuffed into his run-over boots, and his white felt sombrero on the back of his head.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading As softly as the caricatured tans would permit, Dry Valley tiptoed back to the gate and home again.
