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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 |A FEW days later Hoag was walking home from his cotton-gin.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
air
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From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
all
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From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
antics
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
association
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
back
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From this reading Suddenly, in a thicket at the side of the road, he saw a man with his back toward him.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
belied
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
bending
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
cloudy
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From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
cool
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From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
cotton-gin
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From this reading |A FEW days later Hoag was walking home from his cotton-gin.
days
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From this reading |A FEW days later Hoag was walking home from his cotton-gin.
down
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
FEW
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From this reading |A FEW days later Hoag was walking home from his cotton-gin.
figure
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
form
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading |A FEW days later Hoag was walking home from his cotton-gin.
gaunt
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
hatless
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Suddenly, in a thicket at the side of the road, he saw a man with his back toward him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Suddenly, in a thicket at the side of the road, he saw a man with his back toward him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading |A FEW days later Hoag was walking home from his cotton-gin.
Hoag
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From this reading |A FEW days later Hoag was walking home from his cotton-gin.
home
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From this reading |A FEW days later Hoag was walking home from his cotton-gin.
hovering
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From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
humid
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From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Suddenly, in a thicket at the side of the road, he saw a man with his back toward him.
inexplicablenounUS /inexplicable/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was near noon.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
laden
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From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
later
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From this reading |A FEW days later Hoag was walking home from his cotton-gin.
man
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From this reading Suddenly, in a thicket at the side of the road, he saw a man with his back toward him.
mist
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From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
moment
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From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
near
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From this reading It was near noon.
noon
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From this reading It was near noon.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Suddenly, in a thicket at the side of the road, he saw a man with his back toward him.
queer
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
rain
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From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
regularity
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
resembled
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
resolve
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From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
rising
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
road
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From this reading Suddenly, in a thicket at the side of the road, he saw a man with his back toward him.
saw
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From this reading Suddenly, in a thicket at the side of the road, he saw a man with his back toward him.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
Sid
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
side
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From this reading Suddenly, in a thicket at the side of the road, he saw a man with his back toward him.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
SuddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly, in a thicket at the side of the road, he saw a man with his back toward him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
thicketnounUS /ˈθɪkɪt/
a dense group of bushes or small trees
From this reading Suddenly, in a thicket at the side of the road, he saw a man with his back toward him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Suddenly, in a thicket at the side of the road, he saw a man with his back toward him.
Trawley's
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
up
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From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
walking
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From this reading |A FEW days later Hoag was walking home from his cotton-gin.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading |A FEW days later Hoag was walking home from his cotton-gin.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It had been cool and cloudy all the morning, and the humid air was laden with a hovering mist which at every moment seemed about to resolve itself into rain.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The gaunt form resembled Sid Trawley's, yet the queer antics of the hatless figure belied such an association, for it was bending down and rising up with inexplicable regularity.
