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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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accepted
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almost
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
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atmosphere
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beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
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calmest
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crowd
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dark
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darkened
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deep
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dread
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dreaming
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ears
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eloquent
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emotions
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experiences
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eyes
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fathers
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feet
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find
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fled
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fleet
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Forest
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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Gideon
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gloomy
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Until the preceding night Gideon Rolfe had seemed the calmest and most placable of fathers; nothing had occurred to ruffle his almost studied impassability.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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hasten
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heart
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herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading With fleet feet Una fled from the lake, the voices of the woodman and Jack Newcombe ringing in her ears, a thousand tumultuous emotions surging wildly in her heart.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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Hurst
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impassability
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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Jack
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lake
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leaving
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Leigh
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less
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Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
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library
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lying
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man
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most
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musical
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New
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Newcombe
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night
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nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
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nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Until the preceding night Gideon Rolfe had seemed the calmest and most placable of fathers; nothing had occurred to ruffle his almost studied impassability.
occurred
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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old
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phantomnounUS /ˈfæn.təm/
A ghost or apparition; a figment of the imagination or a hidden dweller.
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placable
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preceding
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presence
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presently
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real
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return
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ringing
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Rolfe
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ruffle
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scarcely
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seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Until the preceding night Gideon Rolfe had seemed the calmest and most placable of fathers; nothing had occurred to ruffle his almost studied impassability.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
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strange
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stranger
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studied
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suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading New and strange experiences seemed to crowd upon her so suddenly that she scarcely accepted them as real.
surging
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
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thousand
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thwarted
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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torturing
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tumultuous
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Una
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UntilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Until the preceding night Gideon Rolfe had seemed the calmest and most placable of fathers; nothing had occurred to ruffle his almost studied impassability.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
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upstairs
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uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
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vision
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voice
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voices
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wake
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WardennounUS /ˈwɔːr.dən/
The chief official or governor in charge of a prison institution.
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wildly
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From this reading With fleet feet Una fled from the lake, the voices of the woodman and Jack Newcombe ringing in her ears, a thousand tumultuous emotions surging wildly in her heart.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
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woodman
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wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
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writhing
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young
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