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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 He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
all
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
answer
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From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
asking
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From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
away
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From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
backward
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From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
compelled
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From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
crept
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
daylight
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
dusk
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
faded
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
friend
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From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
giving
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
hand
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From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
listened
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
merely
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From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
more
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From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
night
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From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
office
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From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
out
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From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
passionate
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From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
Presently
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From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
putting
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From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
Queed
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From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
rambling
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From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
rang
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From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
rein
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
reminiscence
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From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
report
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From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
room
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
saying
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
snatchesplural nounUS /snætʃɪz/
short, incomplete pieces of speech or writing
From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
Surface
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From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
talked
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
talking
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From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
telephone
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From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The telephone rang, and Queed could answer it by merely putting out his hand.
then
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
thus
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
wanted
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
West
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From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
word
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From this reading He talked a long time thus, while the daylight faded and dusk crept into the room, and then night; and Queed listened, giving him all the rein he wanted and saying never a word himself.
work
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From this reading It was West, from the office, asking that he report for work that night, as he himself was compelled to be away.
young
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From this reading Presently Surface began talking; talking in snatches, more to himself than to his young friend, rambling backward over his broken life in passionate reminiscence.
