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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 When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
always
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
attended
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From this reading A bitter grey day dawned for a funeral attended by unusual mourners.
bed
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
bitter
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From this reading A bitter grey day dawned for a funeral attended by unusual mourners.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
called
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
chair
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From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
comatose
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
cottage
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From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
dawned
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From this reading A bitter grey day dawned for a funeral attended by unusual mourners.
day
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From this reading A bitter grey day dawned for a funeral attended by unusual mourners.
days
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dead sportsman's master had made a promise and he kept it.
died
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
door
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From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
drifted
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
echoes
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
end
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
Enoch
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
following
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
FUNERAL
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
grey
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From this reading A bitter grey day dawned for a funeral attended by unusual mourners.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
heard
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
hill
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From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
hoped
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
horn
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
hunter
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The dead sportsman's master had made a promise and he kept it.
kept
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From this reading The dead sportsman's master had made a promise and he kept it.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
Lawrence
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
made
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From this reading The dead sportsman's master had made a promise and he kept it.
master
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From this reading The dead sportsman's master had made a promise and he kept it.
Maynard
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
Melinda
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From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
mourners
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From this reading A bitter grey day dawned for a funeral attended by unusual mourners.
music
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From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
night
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From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
old
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
promise
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From this reading The dead sportsman's master had made a promise and he kept it.
promised
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
pushed
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From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
sat
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
sight
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
sound
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
sportsman's
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From this reading The dead sportsman's master had made a promise and he kept it.
state
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
story
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
Sunday
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From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
three
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
unusual
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From this reading A bitter grey day dawned for a funeral attended by unusual mourners.
Vale
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
valley
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From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
vibrated
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From this reading On the night that his music vibrated over hill and valley for the last time, Melinda had pushed his chair to the cottage door.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading When Lawrence called on the following Sunday afternoon, though he sat for a while beside his bed, the old hunter had already drifted into a comatose state, and the story Maynard had hoped to tell was never heard by him.
Withycombe
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
woke
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From this reading FUNERAL Enoch Withycombe had always promised to sound his horn again in sight of his end, and three days after he woke the echoes of the Vale he died.
