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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 Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
absorbed
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
bed
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
chimney
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From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
Dr
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
emanated
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From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
faint
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From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
fairy
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From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
fire
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From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
fire-dogs
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
flames
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From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
flared
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From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
flew
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From this reading The sparks flew.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
glanced
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
go
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
hardly
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From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
head
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
hears
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From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
heart
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From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
house
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
joyous
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From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
Kenbigh
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From this reading “Reckon so,” responded Kenbigh, without lifting his head.
knocked
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
lawyer
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
lifting
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From this reading “Reckon so,” responded Kenbigh, without lifting his head.
like
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From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
Lloyd
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
logs
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From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
lustrous
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From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
minstrelsy
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From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
more
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
out
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
pipe
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
pulsing
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From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
Reckon
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From this reading “Reckon so,” responded Kenbigh, without lifting his head.
red
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From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
remarked
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
responded
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From this reading “Reckon so,” responded Kenbigh, without lifting his head.
restless
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From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
rose
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Reckon so,” responded Kenbigh, without lifting his head.
some
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From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
sounds
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From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
sparks
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From this reading The sparks flew.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
up
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From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The faint and joyous sounds from the logs were like some fine fairy minstrelsy which one is hardly sure one hears.
white
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From this reading The fire flared up the chimney in great white flames; they emanated from a lustrous, restless, pulsing red heart.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Reckon so,” responded Kenbigh, without lifting his head.
won't
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
You'll
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From this reading Dr. Lloyd rose at last, knocked the ashes out of his pipe upon the head of one of the fire-dogs, glanced at the absorbed lawyer, and remarked, “You’ll come over to my house to go to bed after a little more, won’t you?”
