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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 The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
acquaintances
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
Alec
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From this reading “Alec Clare, by all that’s wonderful!”
all
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From this reading “Alec Clare, by all that’s wonderful!”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
bent
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From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
best
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
BLOW
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From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
borders
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From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “Alec Clare, by all that’s wonderful!”
came
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From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
car
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From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
City
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From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
Clare
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From this reading “Alec Clare, by all that’s wonderful!”
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
down
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
exclamation
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From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
face
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From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
FELL
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From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
followed
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
friends
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
getting
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From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
go-ahead
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From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
hand-grip
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
happening
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From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
hardly
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
heartyadjectiveUS /ˈhɑrti/
large, enthusiastic, and satisfying, especially of a meal
From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
intensely
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From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
just
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From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
Lake
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From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
later
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From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
long-parted
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
meeting
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From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
men
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From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
Michigan
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From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
moment
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From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
other
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From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
Pineapple
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From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
place
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From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
recorded
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From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
sat
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
sense
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
side
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
skies
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From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
street
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From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
termed
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
that's
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From this reading “Alec Clare, by all that’s wonderful!”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
then
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
thriving
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From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
township
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From this reading It was at Pineapple City, a thriving and intensely go-ahead township on the borders of Lake Michigan, that the meeting just recorded took place.
two
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From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
unexpectedly
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From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The exclamation came from one of two men who, happening to be bent on getting into a street car at the same moment, found themselves unexpectedly face to face.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Alec Clare, by all that’s wonderful!”
word
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From this reading It was followed next moment by a hearty hand-grip, and then the long-parted acquaintances—friends, in the best sense of the word, they could hardly have been termed—sat down side by side.
years
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From this reading AT ONE FELL BLOW We are under other skies and the time is again two years later.
