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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 Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
all
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From this reading In the break, on their way home, all the men dozed excepting Jean.
almost
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had to be set down at his own door.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had to be set down at his own door.
Beausire
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From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
break
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From this reading In the break, on their way home, all the men dozed excepting Jean.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
ceased
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
difficulty
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From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
door
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From this reading He had to be set down at his own door.
down
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From this reading He had to be set down at his own door.
dozedverbUS /doʊzd/
slept lightly or briefly
From this reading In the break, on their way home, all the men dozed excepting Jean.
dropped
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From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
drowsiness
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From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
evening
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
excepting
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From this reading In the break, on their way home, all the men dozed excepting Jean.
eyes
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
fell
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
five
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From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
go
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From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
Havre
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From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had to be set down at his own door.
heavy
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From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had to be set down at his own door.
home
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From this reading In the break, on their way home, all the men dozed excepting Jean.
immediately
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the break, on their way home, all the men dozed excepting Jean.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
Jean
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From this reading In the break, on their way home, all the men dozed excepting Jean.
Jean's
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From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
lovely
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
men
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From this reading In the break, on their way home, all the men dozed excepting Jean.
minutes
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From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
mutteredverbUS /ˈmʌtərd/
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
neighbour's
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From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
off
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From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the break, on their way home, all the men dozed excepting Jean.
opened
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
other
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
own
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From this reading He had to be set down at his own door.
reached
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From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
refused
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From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
repelled
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From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
Roland
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From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
rooms
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From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
sat
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
set
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From this reading He had to be set down at his own door.
shakingnounUS /ˈshaking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
shoulder
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From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
shove
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From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
side
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
snore
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
tea
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From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the break, on their way home, all the men dozed excepting Jean.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In the break, on their way home, all the men dozed excepting Jean.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
Then
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
up
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From this reading Then they sat up, ceased to snore, opened their eyes, muttered, “A lovely evening!” and almost immediately fell over on the other side.
waiting
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From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
way
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From this reading In the break, on their way home, all the men dozed excepting Jean.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading By the time they reached Havre their drowsiness was so heavy that they had great difficulty in shaking it off, and Beausire even refused to go to Jean’s rooms where tea was waiting for them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Beausire and Roland dropped every five minutes on to a neighbour’s shoulder which repelled them with a shove.
