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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 Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
all
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From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
away
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From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
barefooted
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From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
blank
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
boots
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From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
bore
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From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
carpet
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From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
company
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From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
decidedly
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From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
Emerging
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
entered
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
fairly
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
flashed
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
floor
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
flung
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From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
forced
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From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
getting
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From this reading Such yelling and leaping as there was in getting over this ground would be hard to surpass.
go
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From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
going
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From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
grass
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From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
gravel
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
ground
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From this reading Such yelling and leaping as there was in getting over this ground would be hard to surpass.
hard
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From this reading Such yelling and leaping as there was in getting over this ground would be hard to surpass.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
hot
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
keeping
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From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
leapingnounUS /ˈleaping/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Such yelling and leaping as there was in getting over this ground would be hard to surpass.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
loose
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
making
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
manly
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From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
midday
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From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
moist
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From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
nigh
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
now
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From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
observed
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From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
out
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From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
oven
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
passing
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From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
protested
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From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
rays
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
Recovering
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From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
said
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From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
sandals
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From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
sandy
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
shade
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From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
soft
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From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
spirits
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From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
starting
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From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
strolling
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From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such yelling and leaping as there was in getting over this ground would be hard to surpass.
sun's
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
surpass
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From this reading Such yelling and leaping as there was in getting over this ground would be hard to surpass.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
there
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From this reading Such yelling and leaping as there was in getting over this ground would be hard to surpass.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
tract
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
view
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From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
well
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From this reading Emerging from this we entered upon a blank, sandy tract, upon which the sun’s rays fairly flashed; making the loose gravel under foot well nigh as hot as the floor of an oven.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Recovering his spirits in good time, he protested that boots were a bore after all, and going without them decidedly manly.
wood
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From this reading This was said, be it observed, while strolling along over a soft carpet of grass; a little moist, even at midday, from the shade of the wood through which we were passing.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading Upon starting, at last, I flung away my sandals—by this time quite worn out—with the view of keeping company with the doctor, now forced to go barefooted.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Such yelling and leaping as there was in getting over this ground would be hard to surpass.
yelling
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From this reading Such yelling and leaping as there was in getting over this ground would be hard to surpass.
