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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 That night we had a chase such as I had never before indulged in.
absent-minded
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the stables on Magazine Street we again questioned the sergeant.
aide
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
aide-de-camp
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From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He might be feverish; might indeed be ill; but that alone would not be apt to cause his extraordinary excitement.
Amory
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From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
apt
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From this reading He might be feverish; might indeed be ill; but that alone would not be apt to cause his extraordinary excitement.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That night we had a chase such as I had never before indulged in.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading That night we had a chase such as I had never before indulged in.
believed
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From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
cause
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From this reading He might be feverish; might indeed be ill; but that alone would not be apt to cause his extraordinary excitement.
chase
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From this reading That night we had a chase such as I had never before indulged in.
delirium
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From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
early
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
evening
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
excitement
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From this reading He might be feverish; might indeed be ill; but that alone would not be apt to cause his extraordinary excitement.
extraordinary
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From this reading He might be feverish; might indeed be ill; but that alone would not be apt to cause his extraordinary excitement.
face
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
fact
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From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
fever
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From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
feverish
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From this reading He might be feverish; might indeed be ill; but that alone would not be apt to cause his extraordinary excitement.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
flushed
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
Frank
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From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That night we had a chase such as I had never before indulged in.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He might be feverish; might indeed be ill; but that alone would not be apt to cause his extraordinary excitement.
headquarters
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He might be feverish; might indeed be ill; but that alone would not be apt to cause his extraordinary excitement.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That night we had a chase such as I had never before indulged in.
ill
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From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That night we had a chase such as I had never before indulged in.
indeed
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From this reading He might be feverish; might indeed be ill; but that alone would not be apt to cause his extraordinary excitement.
indulged
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From this reading That night we had a chase such as I had never before indulged in.
knowledge
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From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
Magazine
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From this reading At the stables on Magazine Street we again questioned the sergeant.
manner
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He might be feverish; might indeed be ill; but that alone would not be apt to cause his extraordinary excitement.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That night we had a chase such as I had never before indulged in.
night
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From this reading That night we had a chase such as I had never before indulged in.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He might be feverish; might indeed be ill; but that alone would not be apt to cause his extraordinary excitement.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
officers
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading At the stables on Magazine Street we again questioned the sergeant.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
ordinary
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From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
pale
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
questioned
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From this reading At the stables on Magazine Street we again questioned the sergeant.
rather
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
remarked
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
replies
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
said
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
sergeant
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From this reading At the stables on Magazine Street we again questioned the sergeant.
Southern
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From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
stables
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From this reading At the stables on Magazine Street we again questioned the sergeant.
strange
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
Street
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From this reading At the stables on Magazine Street we again questioned the sergeant.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading That night we had a chase such as I had never before indulged in.
symptom
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From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That night we had a chase such as I had never before indulged in.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
there
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
three
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
Two
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From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
unusual
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From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading That night we had a chase such as I had never before indulged in.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Two or three officers at headquarters had remarked his strange manner and absent-minded replies, said the aide, while he had been there early in the evening, but at that time his face was pale rather than flushed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The aide-de-camp believed Frank Amory to be ill with fever:--delirium in fact, but to my knowledge delirium was unusual as a first symptom of an ordinary Southern fever.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He might be feverish; might indeed be ill; but that alone would not be apt to cause his extraordinary excitement.
