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3.0
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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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act
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alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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amended
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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angry
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
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attacks
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Attribution-Non-Commercial-No
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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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Brothers
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by-nc-nd
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CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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catch
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climbed
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command
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Commons
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Creative
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creativecommons
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cursed
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Derivative
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Enforcement
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evening
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fall
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forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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Freedom
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frustration
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gone
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hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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hit-and-run
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http
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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late
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Licence
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licenced
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licenses
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like
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local
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longnounUS /long/
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lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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men
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Mike
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New
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Odeon
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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on-scene
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onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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Operations
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org
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out
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Pennsylvania
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signalled
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silently
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so-called
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Special
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specialized
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team
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, too late to catch them in the act, he amended silently.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Well, too late to catch them in the act, he amended silently.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were too late.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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too
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underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
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van
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Well
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wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were too late.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
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work
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Works
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wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
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