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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 "I think I'll stay here and smoke a pipe," I said; and so we parted.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I think I'll stay here and smoke a pipe," I said; and so we parted.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Don't happen to have another pinch of tobacco in your inside pocket, do you?"
approaching
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From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
beach
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From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
Billy
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From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
came
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From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
cast
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From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
coming
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From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Don't happen to have another pinch of tobacco in your inside pocket, do you?"
dog
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From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
Don't
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From this reading "Don't happen to have another pinch of tobacco in your inside pocket, do you?"
down
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From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
farther
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From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
fashion
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From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
figure
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From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
find
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From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
friendly
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From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
Grey
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From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
Grisdale's
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From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
happen
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From this reading "Don't happen to have another pinch of tobacco in your inside pocket, do you?"
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Don't happen to have another pinch of tobacco in your inside pocket, do you?"
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I think I'll stay here and smoke a pipe," I said; and so we parted.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I think I'll stay here and smoke a pipe," I said; and so we parted.
I'd
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From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
I'll
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From this reading "I think I'll stay here and smoke a pipe," I said; and so we parted.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
infant
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From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
inside
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From this reading "Don't happen to have another pinch of tobacco in your inside pocket, do you?"
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
Jack
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From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
knew
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From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
lighting
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From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
likely
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From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
match
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From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
parted
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From this reading "I think I'll stay here and smoke a pipe," I said; and so we parted.
pinch
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From this reading "Don't happen to have another pinch of tobacco in your inside pocket, do you?"
pipe
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From this reading "I think I'll stay here and smoke a pipe," I said; and so we parted.
pocket
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From this reading "Don't happen to have another pinch of tobacco in your inside pocket, do you?"
progressed
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From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
returning
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From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
said
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From this reading "I think I'll stay here and smoke a pipe," I said; and so we parted.
sand
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From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
saw
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From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
say
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From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
side
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From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
smoke
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From this reading "I think I'll stay here and smoke a pipe," I said; and so we parted.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
sniff
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From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I think I'll stay here and smoke a pipe," I said; and so we parted.
some
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From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
stay
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From this reading "I think I'll stay here and smoke a pipe," I said; and so we parted.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I think I'll stay here and smoke a pipe," I said; and so we parted.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
tobacconounUS /ˈtobacco/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Don't happen to have another pinch of tobacco in your inside pocket, do you?"
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
up
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From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I thought it was Grey returning to say something that he had forgotten to say, but when Billy Grisdale's dog came to sniff in friendly fashion at me, I knew that the approaching figure must be Billy.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "I think I'll stay here and smoke a pipe," I said; and so we parted.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The pipe smoking had progressed no farther than the lighting of the match when I saw some one coming along the beach.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Jack Grey told me where I'd be likely to find you," said the infant, coming up to cast himself down upon the sand at my side.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Don't happen to have another pinch of tobacco in your inside pocket, do you?"
