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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 The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
ago
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From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
all
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From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The matter of the De Willoughby claim was brought before the House.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
beliefs
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From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
belong
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From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The matter of the De Willoughby claim was brought before the House.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
centuries
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From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
claim
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From this reading The matter of the De Willoughby claim was brought before the House.
day
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From this reading Judge Rutherford opened the subject one day with a good deal of nervous excitement.
days
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From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
De
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From this reading The matter of the De Willoughby claim was brought before the House.
deal
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From this reading Judge Rutherford opened the subject one day with a good deal of nervous excitement.
easy-going
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From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
excitement
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From this reading Judge Rutherford opened the subject one day with a good deal of nervous excitement.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Judge Rutherford opened the subject one day with a good deal of nervous excitement.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
happened
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From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
House
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From this reading The matter of the De Willoughby claim was brought before the House.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
incarnation
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From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
Judge
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From this reading Judge Rutherford opened the subject one day with a good deal of nervous excitement.
knew
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From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
lived
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From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
matter
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From this reading The matter of the De Willoughby claim was brought before the House.
mountain
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From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
mysteries
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From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
nervous
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From this reading Judge Rutherford opened the subject one day with a good deal of nervous excitement.
occult
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From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
old
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From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
opened
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From this reading Judge Rutherford opened the subject one day with a good deal of nervous excitement.
past
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From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
porch
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From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
receded
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From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
rise
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From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
Rutherford
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From this reading Judge Rutherford opened the subject one day with a good deal of nervous excitement.
said
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From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
sat
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From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
set
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From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
stone
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From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
subject
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From this reading Judge Rutherford opened the subject one day with a good deal of nervous excitement.
sun
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From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
things
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From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
Tom
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From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
watched
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From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The days when he had sat upon the stone porch and watched the sun rise from behind one mountain and set behind another seemed to belong to a life lived centuries ago.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To Tom himself it seemed that it was the old, easy-going mountain life which had receded.
Willoughby
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From this reading The matter of the De Willoughby claim was brought before the House.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Judge Rutherford opened the subject one day with a good deal of nervous excitement.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But that he knew little of occult beliefs and mysteries, he would have said to himself that all these things must have happened in a long past incarnation.
