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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 "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
answering
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From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
boots
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From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
bright
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From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
bringing
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From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
church
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From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
door-bell
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From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
early
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From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
evening
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From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
face
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From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
find
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From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
following
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From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
gaily
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From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
gathered
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From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
girl
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From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
go
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From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
heard
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From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
heart
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From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
lass
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From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
lighter
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From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
looks
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From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
Maybe
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From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
Meade's
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From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
news
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From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
Norah
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From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
old
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From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
sailor
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From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
seen
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From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
snow
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From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
speaks
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From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
stamping
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From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
stepped
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From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
SUCCESS
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From this reading SUCCESS.
Sunday
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From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
truth
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From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
uncle
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From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Maybe my face speaks the truth," answered the sailor, gaily, stamping to free his boots from the snow which had gathered upon them.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
Why
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From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Norah was surprised on answering the door-bell on the morning of the following Sunday to find her uncle standing without.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
yesterday
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From this reading "I thought that my little lass would go to church with a lighter heart, if I stepped over early to tell her what I heard yesterday evening when I looked in at old Meade's."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why, uncle, who would have thought to have seen you so early? and your face looks so bright, as if you were bringing good news!" cried the girl.
