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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 She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
all
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From this reading "Oh, Joel," she all but sobbed, "I'm so glad you came!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
annulment
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From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
approached
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arrangements
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From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
beech
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
big
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
branches
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
buggy
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Oh, Joel," she all but sobbed, "I'm so glad you came!
came
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From this reading "Oh, Joel," she all but sobbed, "I'm so glad you came!
conclude
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From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
dark
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days
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From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
descried
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
down
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From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
Eperson
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
expression
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From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
eyes
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face
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father
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From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
front
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
gate
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
glad
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From this reading "Oh, Joel," she all but sobbed, "I'm so glad you came!
gone
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From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
grim
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From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
hastened
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From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
heard
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
honestadjectiveUS /ˈɑnɪst/
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
I'm
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From this reading "Oh, Joel," she all but sobbed, "I'm so glad you came!
ill
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From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
immediate
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From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
Joel
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
lawyer's
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From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
looking
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
marriage
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From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
mother
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From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
noting
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From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
office
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From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, Joel," she all but sobbed, "I'm so glad you came!
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
out
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From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
room
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From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
sallow
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From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
sentinel-like
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From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Oh, Joel," she all but sobbed, "I'm so glad you came!
sobbed
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From this reading "Oh, Joel," she all but sobbed, "I'm so glad you came!
sound
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
splotches
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spreading
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
stairs
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From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
tense
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From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
Tilly
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From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
two
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From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
village
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From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
visitor
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From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
wasted
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From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She hastened down the stairs, and went out to the grim, sentinel-like visitor, noting, as she approached him, the tense, wasted expression of his sallow face and the dark splotches about his honest eyes.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
wheels
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Her mother and father were at a lawyer's office in the village, where they had gone to conclude the arrangements for the immediate annulment of her marriage.
window
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From this reading She heard the sound of wheels below, and, looking from her window, she descried Joel Eperson in his buggy under the spreading branches of a big beech in front of the gate.
worry
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From this reading One morning, two days after this, Tilly, half ill from worry, was in her room.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh, Joel," she all but sobbed, "I'm so glad you came!
