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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 A LIFE-AND-DEATH STRUGGLE.
all
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From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
apprehensive
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From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
blotted
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
cast
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From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
certainly
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
darkness
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
deepened
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From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
Finchley
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
fog
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From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
footsteps
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From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
frequently
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From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
glances
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From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
gloom
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From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
hour
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From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
insist
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From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
Jeremiah
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From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
lay
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
leaving
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From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
LIFE-AND-DEATH
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From this reading A LIFE-AND-DEATH STRUGGLE.
listen
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From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
love
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From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
man
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From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
midnight
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From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
nice
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From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
night
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From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
North
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
onward
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
out
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
particularly
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
past
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From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
plodded
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
quarters
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From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
Road
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
said
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From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
scarcely
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From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
see
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From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
shivering
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From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
sides
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From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
sky
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
slowly
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
sounds
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From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
space
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
STRUGGLE
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From this reading A LIFE-AND-DEATH STRUGGLE.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
surrounding
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
thick
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
two
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
warm
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From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
way
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
wayfarers
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From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading On the North Finchley Road it lay particularly thick, and the sky and surrounding space seemed to be blotted out--as they certainly were from two wayfarers who plodded their way slowly onward through the darkness.
why
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From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
woman
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From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
wrapped
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From this reading They were a man and a woman, who, although they were wrapped in gloom, cast apprehensive glances on all sides, and frequently stopped to listen for sounds of footsteps.
yard
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From this reading It was an hour past midnight, and the fog had deepened so that a man could scarcely see a yard before him.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Jeremiah, my love," said the woman, shivering, "why did you insist upon our leaving our nice warm quarters on such a night?
