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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 kind of wished the times that Mark played games about would come back for a while.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I kind of wished the times that Mark played games about would come back for a while.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
back
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From this reading I kind of wished the times that Mark played games about would come back for a while.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
cast-iron
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From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
combination
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From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I kind of wished the times that Mark played games about would come back for a while.
couldn't
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From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
door
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From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
down
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From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
duck
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From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
faces
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From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
fellows
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From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
food
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From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
games
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From this reading I kind of wished the times that Mark played games about would come back for a while.
go
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From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
got
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From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
hall
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From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
hurt
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From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I kind of wished the times that Mark played games about would come back for a while.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
kind
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knights
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Mark
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massacre
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From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
mean
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From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
nightgowns
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From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
now
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From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I kind of wished the times that Mark played games about would come back for a while.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
opened
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From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
out
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From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
played
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From this reading I kind of wished the times that Mark played games about would come back for a while.
ready
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From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
safe
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From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
show
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From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
such-like
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From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
supper
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From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I kind of wished the times that Mark played games about would come back for a while.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
then
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From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
There
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From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
things
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From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
times
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From this reading I kind of wished the times that Mark played games about would come back for a while.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
up
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From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
very
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From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
wasn't
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From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
well
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From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading So right after supper we went down and opened up the hall where the food show was, and got things ready for the massacre.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading I kind of wished the times that Mark played games about would come back for a while.
Wicksville
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From this reading We couldn’t very well duck out and then ever show our faces again in Wicksville.
wished
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From this reading I kind of wished the times that Mark played games about would come back for a while.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There wasn’t anything for us fellows to do but to go through with the thing now.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I kind of wished the times that Mark played games about would come back for a while.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I mean when knights and such-like fellows went around with cast-iron nightgowns on so that you couldn’t hurt them without you found the combination to the safe and got the door open.
