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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 Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
air
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
Alwynne
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
angrily
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
arm
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She started violently as he spoke--it was like rousing a nightmare-ridden sleeper--then her face grew radiant.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
away
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From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
battle-royal
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
Clare
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
cobblestones
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
demoralisation
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
Dene
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From this reading He had seen it in the first weeks of her visit to Dene.
down
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
dragging
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
drawn
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
evidently
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From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
exhaustion
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
face
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
far
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From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had seen it in the first weeks of her visit to Dene.
folds
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
fought
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
Friar's
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
grew
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From this reading She started violently as he spoke--it was like rousing a nightmare-ridden sleeper--then her face grew radiant.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
hair
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
hanging
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
hat
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
heavy
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had seen it in the first weeks of her visit to Dene.
indefinable
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He had seen it in the first weeks of her visit to Dene.
Lane
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
like
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From this reading She started violently as he spoke--it was like rousing a nightmare-ridden sleeper--then her face grew radiant.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
loosened
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
met
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
nightmare-ridden
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From this reading She started violently as he spoke--it was like rousing a nightmare-ridden sleeper--then her face grew radiant.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
paper
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
parcels
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
radiantadjectiveUS /ˈreɪdiənt/
shining brightly
From this reading She started violently as he spoke--it was like rousing a nightmare-ridden sleeper--then her face grew radiant.
recognised
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
Roger
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
roughened
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
rousing
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From this reading She started violently as he spoke--it was like rousing a nightmare-ridden sleeper--then her face grew radiant.
seen
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From this reading He had seen it in the first weeks of her visit to Dene.
shadowy
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
sleeper
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From this reading She started violently as he spoke--it was like rousing a nightmare-ridden sleeper--then her face grew radiant.
spoke
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From this reading She started violently as he spoke--it was like rousing a nightmare-ridden sleeper--then her face grew radiant.
started
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From this reading She started violently as he spoke--it was like rousing a nightmare-ridden sleeper--then her face grew radiant.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
strained
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
then
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From this reading She started violently as he spoke--it was like rousing a nightmare-ridden sleeper--then her face grew radiant.
thoughts
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From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had seen it in the first weeks of her visit to Dene.
tugged
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From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
turn
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
violently
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From this reading She started violently as he spoke--it was like rousing a nightmare-ridden sleeper--then her face grew radiant.
visit
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From this reading He had seen it in the first weeks of her visit to Dene.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
waterproof
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
wearily
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From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
weeks
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From this reading He had seen it in the first weeks of her visit to Dene.
weighednounUS /ˈweighed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her hair was roughened by the wind that tugged and strained at her loosened hat; her face was drawn and shadowy; she had an air of exhaustion, of indefinable demoralisation that Roger recognised angrily.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Roger never fought his battle-royal with Clare, for at the turn of Friar's Lane he met Alwynne herself, dragging wearily along the cobblestones, weighed down by paper parcels and the heavy folds of the waterproof hanging on her arm.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Her thoughts were evidently far away, and she would have passed him without a look if he had not stopped her.
