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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 A BAD HALF-HOUR Burton slept that night under a gorse bush.
all
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
almost
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From this reading He slept almost like a child, and awoke to look out upon a million points of sunlight sparkling in the dewdrops.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
anger
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Even the memory of Edith herself tugged no longer at his heartstrings.
away
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
awoke
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From this reading He slept almost like a child, and awoke to look out upon a million points of sunlight sparkling in the dewdrops.
BAD
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From this reading A BAD HALF-HOUR Burton slept that night under a gorse bush.
Bomford
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From this reading The white, threatening faces of the professor and Mr. Bomford no longer haunted him.
Burton
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From this reading A BAD HALF-HOUR Burton slept that night under a gorse bush.
bush
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From this reading A BAD HALF-HOUR Burton slept that night under a gorse bush.
child
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From this reading He slept almost like a child, and awoke to look out upon a million points of sunlight sparkling in the dewdrops.
Common
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
cool
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
dewdrops
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From this reading He slept almost like a child, and awoke to look out upon a million points of sunlight sparkling in the dewdrops.
disappointmentnounUS /ˈdisappointment/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
dome
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
Edith
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From this reading Even the memory of Edith herself tugged no longer at his heartstrings.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even the memory of Edith herself tugged no longer at his heartstrings.
faces
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From this reading The white, threatening faces of the professor and Mr. Bomford no longer haunted him.
gorse
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From this reading A BAD HALF-HOUR Burton slept that night under a gorse bush.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
HALF-HOUR
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From this reading A BAD HALF-HOUR Burton slept that night under a gorse bush.
haunted
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From this reading The white, threatening faces of the professor and Mr. Bomford no longer haunted him.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
heartstrings
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From this reading Even the memory of Edith herself tugged no longer at his heartstrings.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Even the memory of Edith herself tugged no longer at his heartstrings.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The white, threatening faces of the professor and Mr. Bomford no longer haunted him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He slept almost like a child, and awoke to look out upon a million points of sunlight sparkling in the dewdrops.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
like
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From this reading He slept almost like a child, and awoke to look out upon a million points of sunlight sparkling in the dewdrops.
longer
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From this reading The white, threatening faces of the professor and Mr. Bomford no longer haunted him.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He slept almost like a child, and awoke to look out upon a million points of sunlight sparkling in the dewdrops.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Even the memory of Edith herself tugged no longer at his heartstrings.
million
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From this reading He slept almost like a child, and awoke to look out upon a million points of sunlight sparkling in the dewdrops.
Mr
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From this reading The white, threatening faces of the professor and Mr. Bomford no longer haunted him.
night
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From this reading A BAD HALF-HOUR Burton slept that night under a gorse bush.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
out
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From this reading He slept almost like a child, and awoke to look out upon a million points of sunlight sparkling in the dewdrops.
pass
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
points
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From this reading He slept almost like a child, and awoke to look out upon a million points of sunlight sparkling in the dewdrops.
professor
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From this reading The white, threatening faces of the professor and Mr. Bomford no longer haunted him.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
sense
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
sky
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
slept
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From this reading A BAD HALF-HOUR Burton slept that night under a gorse bush.
sooner
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
spaciousness
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
sparkling
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From this reading He slept almost like a child, and awoke to look out upon a million points of sunlight sparkling in the dewdrops.
splendid
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
starlit
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
sunlight
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From this reading He slept almost like a child, and awoke to look out upon a million points of sunlight sparkling in the dewdrops.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A BAD HALF-HOUR Burton slept that night under a gorse bush.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
threatening
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From this reading The white, threatening faces of the professor and Mr. Bomford no longer haunted him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
tugged
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From this reading Even the memory of Edith herself tugged no longer at his heartstrings.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading A BAD HALF-HOUR Burton slept that night under a gorse bush.
unlit
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He slept almost like a child, and awoke to look out upon a million points of sunlight sparkling in the dewdrops.
vast
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From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
white
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From this reading The white, threatening faces of the professor and Mr. Bomford no longer haunted him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was no sooner alone on the great unlit Common with its vast sense of spaciousness, its cool silence, its splendid dome of starlit sky, than all his anger and disappointment seemed to pass away.
