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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 This was England, two hundred years before bomb craters had become a fixed feature of the English landscape, and while the coffee house still had precedence over the pub.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This was England, two hundred years before bomb craters had become a fixed feature of the English landscape, and while the coffee house still had precedence over the pub.
back
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From this reading The door swung back, and the host stood in the opening, fat hands on hips, surveying the scene contentedly.
become
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From this reading This was England, two hundred years before bomb craters had become a fixed feature of the English landscape, and while the coffee house still had precedence over the pub.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading This was England, two hundred years before bomb craters had become a fixed feature of the English landscape, and while the coffee house still had precedence over the pub.
bellowed
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From this reading "Split me if that goes not in the reckoning!" the innkeeper bellowed.
blue
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From this reading The fire roared, and the smoke from long clay church-warden pipes made a blue haze through which cheerful conversation struggled.
bomb
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brandy-coated
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cheerful
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church-warden
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clay
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coffee
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contentedly
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conversation
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craters
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door
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drank
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England
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English
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fat
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feature
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fire
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fireplace
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fixed
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flames
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fog
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fragments
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The fire roared, and the smoke from long clay church-warden pipes made a blue haze through which cheerful conversation struggled.
glass
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goes
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From this reading "Split me if that goes not in the reckoning!" the innkeeper bellowed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This was England, two hundred years before bomb craters had become a fixed feature of the English landscape, and while the coffee house still had precedence over the pub.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
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haze
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hips
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From this reading The door swung back, and the host stood in the opening, fat hands on hips, surveying the scene contentedly.
host
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From this reading The door swung back, and the host stood in the opening, fat hands on hips, surveying the scene contentedly.
house
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hundred
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ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Split me if that goes not in the reckoning!" the innkeeper bellowed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The door swung back, and the host stood in the opening, fat hands on hips, surveying the scene contentedly.
innkeeper
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From this reading "Split me if that goes not in the reckoning!" the innkeeper bellowed.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Someone, invisible in the fog, drank a slurred uproarious toast, and a glass slammed into the fireplace, where the brandy-coated fragments made a myriad of small blue flames.
invisible
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landscape
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From this reading This was England, two hundred years before bomb craters had become a fixed feature of the English landscape, and while the coffee house still had precedence over the pub.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fire roared, and the smoke from long clay church-warden pipes made a blue haze through which cheerful conversation struggled.
made
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From this reading The fire roared, and the smoke from long clay church-warden pipes made a blue haze through which cheerful conversation struggled.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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myriad
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From this reading Someone, invisible in the fog, drank a slurred uproarious toast, and a glass slammed into the fireplace, where the brandy-coated fragments made a myriad of small blue flames.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Split me if that goes not in the reckoning!" the innkeeper bellowed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This was England, two hundred years before bomb craters had become a fixed feature of the English landscape, and while the coffee house still had precedence over the pub.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The door swung back, and the host stood in the opening, fat hands on hips, surveying the scene contentedly.
opening
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From this reading The door swung back, and the host stood in the opening, fat hands on hips, surveying the scene contentedly.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading This was England, two hundred years before bomb craters had become a fixed feature of the English landscape, and while the coffee house still had precedence over the pub.
pipes
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precedence
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pub
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reckoning
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From this reading "Split me if that goes not in the reckoning!" the innkeeper bellowed.
roarednounUS /roared/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fire roared, and the smoke from long clay church-warden pipes made a blue haze through which cheerful conversation struggled.
scene
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slammed
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slurred
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small
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smoke
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From this reading The fire roared, and the smoke from long clay church-warden pipes made a blue haze through which cheerful conversation struggled.
SomeonepronounUS /ˈsʌmwʌn/
a person, without saying who
From this reading Someone, invisible in the fog, drank a slurred uproarious toast, and a glass slammed into the fireplace, where the brandy-coated fragments made a myriad of small blue flames.
Split
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From this reading "Split me if that goes not in the reckoning!" the innkeeper bellowed.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was England, two hundred years before bomb craters had become a fixed feature of the English landscape, and while the coffee house still had precedence over the pub.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The door swung back, and the host stood in the opening, fat hands on hips, surveying the scene contentedly.
struggled
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From this reading The fire roared, and the smoke from long clay church-warden pipes made a blue haze through which cheerful conversation struggled.
surveying
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From this reading The door swung back, and the host stood in the opening, fat hands on hips, surveying the scene contentedly.
swung
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From this reading The door swung back, and the host stood in the opening, fat hands on hips, surveying the scene contentedly.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Split me if that goes not in the reckoning!" the innkeeper bellowed.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This was England, two hundred years before bomb craters had become a fixed feature of the English landscape, and while the coffee house still had precedence over the pub.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was England, two hundred years before bomb craters had become a fixed feature of the English landscape, and while the coffee house still had precedence over the pub.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The fire roared, and the smoke from long clay church-warden pipes made a blue haze through which cheerful conversation struggled.
toast
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two
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uproarious
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From this reading Someone, invisible in the fog, drank a slurred uproarious toast, and a glass slammed into the fireplace, where the brandy-coated fragments made a myriad of small blue flames.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was England, two hundred years before bomb craters had become a fixed feature of the English landscape, and while the coffee house still had precedence over the pub.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Someone, invisible in the fog, drank a slurred uproarious toast, and a glass slammed into the fireplace, where the brandy-coated fragments made a myriad of small blue flames.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The fire roared, and the smoke from long clay church-warden pipes made a blue haze through which cheerful conversation struggled.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading This was England, two hundred years before bomb craters had become a fixed feature of the English landscape, and while the coffee house still had precedence over the pub.
years
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