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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 THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
all
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From this reading The police had raided a Communist meeting and arrested all the speakers, and the organizers, and the literature sellers, and all who had red badges in their buttonholes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
arrested
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From this reading The police had raided a Communist meeting and arrested all the speakers, and the organizers, and the literature sellers, and all who had red badges in their buttonholes.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
back
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From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
badges
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From this reading The police had raided a Communist meeting and arrested all the speakers, and the organizers, and the literature sellers, and all who had red badges in their buttonholes.
brothers
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Bunny
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From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
buttonholes
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From this reading The police had raided a Communist meeting and arrested all the speakers, and the organizers, and the literature sellers, and all who had red badges in their buttonholes.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
Communist
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county
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duly
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From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
established
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From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading Literally everybody had troubles!
examinations
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From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
fell
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From this reading And then he hunted up his friends—and such a load of troubles as fell onto his shoulders!
find
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friends
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From this reading And then he hunted up his friends—and such a load of troubles as fell onto his shoulders!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
fruit-picking
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From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
grave
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From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Literally everybody had troubles!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And then he hunted up his friends—and such a load of troubles as fell onto his shoulders!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
hunted
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From this reading And then he hunted up his friends—and such a load of troubles as fell onto his shoulders!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
Jacob
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From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
jail
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KILLING
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From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
Literally
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From this reading Literally everybody had troubles!
literature
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From this reading The police had raided a Communist meeting and arrested all the speakers, and the organizers, and the literature sellers, and all who had red badges in their buttonholes.
load
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From this reading And then he hunted up his friends—and such a load of troubles as fell onto his shoulders!
meeting
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From this reading The police had raided a Communist meeting and arrested all the speakers, and the organizers, and the literature sellers, and all who had red badges in their buttonholes.
Menzies
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From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And then he hunted up his friends—and such a load of troubles as fell onto his shoulders!
old
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From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
ontoprepositionUS /ˈɑːntuː/
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading And then he hunted up his friends—and such a load of troubles as fell onto his shoulders!
organizers
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From this reading The police had raided a Communist meeting and arrested all the speakers, and the organizers, and the literature sellers, and all who had red badges in their buttonholes.
Pacific
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From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
police
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From this reading The police had raided a Communist meeting and arrested all the speakers, and the organizers, and the literature sellers, and all who had red badges in their buttonholes.
Rachel
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From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
raided
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From this reading The police had raided a Communist meeting and arrested all the speakers, and the organizers, and the literature sellers, and all who had red badges in their buttonholes.
red
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From this reading The police had raided a Communist meeting and arrested all the speakers, and the organizers, and the literature sellers, and all who had red badges in their buttonholes.
sellers
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From this reading The police had raided a Communist meeting and arrested all the speakers, and the organizers, and the literature sellers, and all who had red badges in their buttonholes.
senior
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From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
shoulders
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From this reading And then he hunted up his friends—and such a load of troubles as fell onto his shoulders!
Southern
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From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
speakers
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From this reading The police had raided a Communist meeting and arrested all the speakers, and the organizers, and the literature sellers, and all who had red badges in their buttonholes.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And then he hunted up his friends—and such a load of troubles as fell onto his shoulders!
summer's
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From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
then
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From this reading And then he hunted up his friends—and such a load of troubles as fell onto his shoulders!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
troubles
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From this reading And then he hunted up his friends—and such a load of troubles as fell onto his shoulders!
two
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From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
University
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From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
up
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From this reading And then he hunted up his friends—and such a load of troubles as fell onto his shoulders!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE KILLING I Bunny passed his examinations, and was duly established as a “grave old senior” in Southern Pacific University.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The police had raided a Communist meeting and arrested all the speakers, and the organizers, and the literature sellers, and all who had red badges in their buttonholes.
wingers
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From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
younger
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From this reading Rachel and Jacob Menzies had come back from their summer’s fruit-picking, to find their two younger brothers, the “left wingers,” in the county jail!
