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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 Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Trejago knew far too much about these things, as I have said.
Amir
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
bangle
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From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
bhusa
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From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That packet was a letter--not a clumsy compromising letter, but an innocent, unintelligible lover's epistle.
capped
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
cardamoms
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From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
cattle-food
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From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
clumsyadjectiveUS /ˈklʌmzi/
awkward in movement or handling things
From this reading That packet was a letter--not a clumsy compromising letter, but an innocent, unintelligible lover's epistle.
compromising
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From this reading That packet was a letter--not a clumsy compromising letter, but an innocent, unintelligible lover's epistle.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
dhak
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From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
dog-cart
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From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
driving
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From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
Dyal
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
eleven
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From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
epistle
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From this reading That packet was a letter--not a clumsy compromising letter, but an innocent, unintelligible lover's epistle.
far
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From this reading Trejago knew far too much about these things, as I have said.
flower
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From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
glass
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From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
Gully
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
Har
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Trejago knew far too much about these things, as I have said.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
innocent
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From this reading That packet was a letter--not a clumsy compromising letter, but an innocent, unintelligible lover's epistle.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
knew
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From this reading Trejago knew far too much about these things, as I have said.
letter
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From this reading That packet was a letter--not a clumsy compromising letter, but an innocent, unintelligible lover's epistle.
Love
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
lover's
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From this reading That packet was a letter--not a clumsy compromising letter, but an innocent, unintelligible lover's epistle.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
much
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From this reading Trejago knew far too much about these things, as I have said.
Nath's
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
neatly
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading That packet was a letter--not a clumsy compromising letter, but an innocent, unintelligible lover's epistle.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
office
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From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
old
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From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
out
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
packet
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From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
pinch
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From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
red
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From this reading In the packet was the half of a broken glass bangle, one flower of the blood red dhak, a pinch of bhusa or cattle-food, and eleven cardamoms.
said
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From this reading Trejago knew far too much about these things, as I have said.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
Song
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That packet was a letter--not a clumsy compromising letter, but an innocent, unintelligible lover's epistle.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Trejago knew far too much about these things, as I have said.
things
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From this reading Trejago knew far too much about these things, as I have said.
threw
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From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
too
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From this reading Trejago knew far too much about these things, as I have said.
Trejago
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
unintelligible
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From this reading That packet was a letter--not a clumsy compromising letter, but an innocent, unintelligible lover's epistle.
voice
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
walked
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
woman
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From this reading Next morning, as he was driving to the office, an old woman threw a packet into his dog-cart.
wondering
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
world
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From this reading The voice stopped suddenly, and Trejago walked out of Amir Nath's Gully, wondering who in the world could have capped “The Love Song of Har Dyal” so neatly.
