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acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
all
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From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The errand might have been considered an odd one: he wanted to look at the house!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The errand might have been considered an odd one: he wanted to look at the house!
bareheaded
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From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The errand might have been considered an odd one: he wanted to look at the house!
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it was not this decorative effect which the young host had come out to exult over.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
Cavalleria
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
coloured
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From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But it was not this decorative effect which the young host had come out to exult over.
considered
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From this reading The errand might have been considered an odd one: he wanted to look at the house!
decorative
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From this reading But it was not this decorative effect which the young host had come out to exult over.
down
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From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
driveway
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From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
effect
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From this reading But it was not this decorative effect which the young host had come out to exult over.
errand
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From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
exult
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From this reading But it was not this decorative effect which the young host had come out to exult over.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
gateway
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
gayly
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From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
glowingnounUS /ˈglowing/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The errand might have been considered an odd one: he wanted to look at the house!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
host
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From this reading But it was not this decorative effect which the young host had come out to exult over.
house
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
illuminated
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From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
intermezzo
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
JACK-O
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
LANTERNS
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
lights
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From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The errand might have been considered an odd one: he wanted to look at the house!
looking
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From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
many
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From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
Max
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The errand might have been considered an odd one: he wanted to look at the house!
mild
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From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
night
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From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But it was not this decorative effect which the young host had come out to exult over.
October
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From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
odd
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From this reading The errand might have been considered an odd one: he wanted to look at the house!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The errand might have been considered an odd one: he wanted to look at the house!
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
orchestra
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
out
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading But it was not this decorative effect which the young host had come out to exult over.
porch
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From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
returning
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
road
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From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
Rusticana
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
sending
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
stolen
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From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
strains
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
taken
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From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But it was not this decorative effect which the young host had come out to exult over.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The October night was so mild that he had stolen out bareheaded upon the errand which had taken him to the road.
wanted
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From this reading The errand might have been considered an odd one: he wanted to look at the house!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
well
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From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
windows
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From this reading JACK-O'-LANTERNS To the strains of the intermezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," which the orchestra was sending out through the open windows, Max was returning from the gateway to the house.
worth
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From this reading To be sure, illuminated as it was by many gayly coloured lights, the lanterns glowing all across the porch and down the driveway, it was well worth looking at.
young
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From this reading But it was not this decorative effect which the young host had come out to exult over.
