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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 I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
automatic
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From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
black
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From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
blade
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From this reading I watched the mole drive a corkscrew blade into the ground with a roaring of engine and bucking of the truck.
bucking
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From this reading I watched the mole drive a corkscrew blade into the ground with a roaring of engine and bucking of the truck.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
came
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
corkscrew
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From this reading I watched the mole drive a corkscrew blade into the ground with a roaring of engine and bucking of the truck.
discards
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From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
drive
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From this reading I watched the mole drive a corkscrew blade into the ground with a roaring of engine and bucking of the truck.
emblem
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From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
enamel
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From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
engine
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From this reading I watched the mole drive a corkscrew blade into the ground with a roaring of engine and bucking of the truck.
finally
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
followed
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
full
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From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
gear
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From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
getting
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
ground
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From this reading I watched the mole drive a corkscrew blade into the ground with a roaring of engine and bucking of the truck.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
hardware
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
hoist
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From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I watched the mole drive a corkscrew blade into the ground with a roaring of engine and bucking of the truck.
iron
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From this reading Leading the truck was one of those iron mole things.
ironwork
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
kept
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
Leading
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From this reading Leading the truck was one of those iron mole things.
loaded
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
miles
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
mole
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From this reading Leading the truck was one of those iron mole things.
newer
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Leading the truck was one of those iron mole things.
old
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From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Leading the truck was one of those iron mole things.
ornamental
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
pipe
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
place
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From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
road
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
roadsigns
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From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
roaring
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From this reading I watched the mole drive a corkscrew blade into the ground with a roaring of engine and bucking of the truck.
roots
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From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
seventy-five
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
side
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From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
signs
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From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
things
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From this reading Leading the truck was one of those iron mole things.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Leading the truck was one of those iron mole things.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
truck
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From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
up
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From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The emblem was right side up, and the signs looked as though they had not been up long.
watched
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From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
white
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From this reading I watched the automatic gear hoist one of the old pipe and white and black enamel roadsigns up by its roots, and place it on a truck full of discards.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I followed that road for seventy-five miles, and as I went the signs kept getting newer and newer until I finally came to a truck loaded with pipe, hardware, and ornamental ironwork.
