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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 Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
almost
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From this reading The speaker was close behind him; the voice was almost at his ear.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
AnothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
appalled
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From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘Say,’ cried Will, when they had confronted each other thus for some time, ‘what are ye?’
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The speaker was close behind him; the voice was almost at his ear.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The speaker was close behind him; the voice was almost at his ear.
burden
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From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
clad
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From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
cloak
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
close
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From this reading The speaker was close behind him; the voice was almost at his ear.
confronted
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From this reading ‘Say,’ cried Will, when they had confronted each other thus for some time, ‘what are ye?’
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Say,’ cried Will, when they had confronted each other thus for some time, ‘what are ye?’
darting
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading ‘Say,’ cried Will, when they had confronted each other thus for some time, ‘what are ye?’
ear
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From this reading The speaker was close behind him; the voice was almost at his ear.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
eyes
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From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
face
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From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
fell
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ‘Say,’ cried Will, when they had confronted each other thus for some time, ‘what are ye?’
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
garments
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From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
gazing
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From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
gibbet
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From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
glaring
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From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
grasped
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From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The speaker was close behind him; the voice was almost at his ear.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The speaker was close behind him; the voice was almost at his ear.
honoured
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From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
knees
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
like
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From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
mourning
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From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
obscene
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From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
off
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
other
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From this reading ‘Say,’ cried Will, when they had confronted each other thus for some time, ‘what are ye?’
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
recoiling
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
resting-place
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From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
rooted
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From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
round
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
Say
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From this reading ‘Say,’ cried Will, when they had confronted each other thus for some time, ‘what are ye?’
seized
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
shriek
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
some
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From this reading ‘Say,’ cried Will, when they had confronted each other thus for some time, ‘what are ye?’
speaker
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From this reading The speaker was close behind him; the voice was almost at his ear.
spot
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From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
strip
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From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
struggling
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
swiftly
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
sword
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The speaker was close behind him; the voice was almost at his ear.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
threw
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
thus
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From this reading ‘Say,’ cried Will, when they had confronted each other thus for some time, ‘what are ye?’
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Say,’ cried Will, when they had confronted each other thus for some time, ‘what are ye?’
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
trouble
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From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
voice
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From this reading The speaker was close behind him; the voice was almost at his ear.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The speaker was close behind him; the voice was almost at his ear.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘Say,’ cried Will, when they had confronted each other thus for some time, ‘what are ye?’
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading ‘Say,’ cried Will, when they had confronted each other thus for some time, ‘what are ye?’
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
wild
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From this reading Another woman, clad, like her whom he had grasped, in mourning garments, stood rooted to the spot on which they were, gazing upon his face with wild and glaring eyes that quite appalled him.
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
woman
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
wrist
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From this reading Will threw off his cloak, drew his sword, and darting swiftly round, seized a woman by the wrist, who, recoiling from him with a dreadful shriek, fell struggling upon her knees.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading ‘Say,’ cried Will, when they had confronted each other thus for some time, ‘what are ye?’
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Say what are _you_,’ returned the woman, ‘who trouble even this obscene resting-place of the dead, and strip the gibbet of its honoured burden?
