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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 The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
appetitenounUS /ˈæpətaɪt/
a desire for food
From this reading He found that the smallness of her appetite presented to Dowie a grave problem.
black
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
breath
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
climbing
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From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
confine
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From this reading He was not portentous in manner and he did not confine his conversation to the subject of symptoms.
conversation
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From this reading He was not portentous in manner and he did not confine his conversation to the subject of symptoms.
cross
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From this reading He however included something of subtle cross examination in his friendly talk.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He was not portentous in manner and he did not confine his conversation to the subject of symptoms.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
Dowie
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From this reading He found that the smallness of her appetite presented to Dowie a grave problem.
examination
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From this reading He however included something of subtle cross examination in his friendly talk.
eyes
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He found that the smallness of her appetite presented to Dowie a grave problem.
friendly
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From this reading He however included something of subtle cross examination in his friendly talk.
girl's
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
grave
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From this reading He found that the smallness of her appetite presented to Dowie a grave problem.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was not portentous in manner and he did not confine his conversation to the subject of symptoms.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
hollow
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading He however included something of subtle cross examination in his friendly talk.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was not portentous in manner and he did not confine his conversation to the subject of symptoms.
included
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From this reading He however included something of subtle cross examination in his friendly talk.
larger
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
lashes
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
made
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
manner
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From this reading He was not portentous in manner and he did not confine his conversation to the subject of symptoms.
moorland
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From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was not portentous in manner and he did not confine his conversation to the subject of symptoms.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was not portentous in manner and he did not confine his conversation to the subject of symptoms.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
paid
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From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
panting
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
patient
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From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
portentous
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From this reading He was not portentous in manner and he did not confine his conversation to the subject of symptoms.
presented
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From this reading He found that the smallness of her appetite presented to Dowie a grave problem.
problem
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From this reading He found that the smallness of her appetite presented to Dowie a grave problem.
ring
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
road
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From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
rode
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From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
sight
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
smallness
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From this reading He found that the smallness of her appetite presented to Dowie a grave problem.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading He however included something of subtle cross examination in his friendly talk.
sometimes
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
startled
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
subject
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From this reading He was not portentous in manner and he did not confine his conversation to the subject of symptoms.
subtle
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From this reading He however included something of subtle cross examination in his friendly talk.
symptoms
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From this reading He was not portentous in manner and he did not confine his conversation to the subject of symptoms.
talk
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From this reading He however included something of subtle cross examination in his friendly talk.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He found that the smallness of her appetite presented to Dowie a grave problem.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
thinness
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From this reading The girl's thinness, her sometimes panting breath and the hollow eyes made larger by the black ring of her lashes startled him on first sight of her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
up
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From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
visit
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From this reading The doctor rode up the climbing moorland road the next morning and paid a long visit to his patient.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was not portentous in manner and he did not confine his conversation to the subject of symptoms.
