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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 At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
almost
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From this reading The picture was so vivid that he almost fancied he could hear the throbbing of the steamer's crew.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
back
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
bank
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
beams
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From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
bright
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From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
CAME
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From this reading WHEN THE SNOWS CAME DOWN.
Charley
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From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
comrade's
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The picture was so vivid that he almost fancied he could hear the throbbing of the steamer's crew.
crept
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The picture was so vivid that he almost fancied he could hear the throbbing of the steamer's crew.
day
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
DOWN
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From this reading WHEN THE SNOWS CAME DOWN.
dying
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
face
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From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
familiar
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From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
fancied
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From this reading The picture was so vivid that he almost fancied he could hear the throbbing of the steamer's crew.
finished
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From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
fit
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From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
flash
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
fog
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The picture was so vivid that he almost fancied he could hear the throbbing of the steamer's crew.
helped
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From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
lad
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
like
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
lucigen
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From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
opposite
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From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
picture
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From this reading The picture was so vivid that he almost fancied he could hear the throbbing of the steamer's crew.
puzzled
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From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
remembered
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
room
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
said
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From this reading "Tom," he said.
slowly
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
SNOWS
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From this reading WHEN THE SNOWS CAME DOWN.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The picture was so vivid that he almost fancied he could hear the throbbing of the steamer's crew.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
steamer
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
steamer's
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From this reading The picture was so vivid that he almost fancied he could hear the throbbing of the steamer's crew.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
strangelynounUS /ˈstrangely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
stripling
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From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The picture was so vivid that he almost fancied he could hear the throbbing of the steamer's crew.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHEN THE SNOWS CAME DOWN.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
Then
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
thick
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
thoughts
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
throbbing
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From this reading The picture was so vivid that he almost fancied he could hear the throbbing of the steamer's crew.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
Tom
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From this reading "Tom," he said.
turned
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
vivid
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From this reading The picture was so vivid that he almost fancied he could hear the throbbing of the steamer's crew.
waiting
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading WHEN THE SNOWS CAME DOWN.
white-faced
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From this reading Then like a flash his thoughts turned back to the day when their steamer crept slowly through the thick bank fog, and he remembered the white-faced lad waiting outside his dying comrade's room.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
work
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From this reading At last the work was finished, and Charley, who had been puzzled by something strangely familiar in the face of a stripling who helped to fit the beams, stopped opposite him under the bright glare of the lucigen.
