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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 Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
asleep
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From this reading They were asleep in a moment, and Maurice envied them.
barricade
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From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
boxes
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From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
built
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From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
captives
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From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
Cheerless
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From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
chosen
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From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
close
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From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
corn
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
couch
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
coverlet
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
door
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From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
Eirene
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From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
else
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From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
envied
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From this reading They were asleep in a moment, and Maurice envied them.
erected
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From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
Exhausted
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
eyes
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From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
furnished
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
further
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From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
girls
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
journeying
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From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
luxurious
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
made
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From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
Maurice
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From this reading They were asleep in a moment, and Maurice envied them.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
moment
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From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
night
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
noise
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From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
offered
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From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
only
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
own
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From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
partition
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From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
pillow
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
prison
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From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
prying
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From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
rain
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
respite
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From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
rug
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
sack
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
sacks
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From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
shelter
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From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
sleeping-place
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From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
spent
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
stirred
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From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
thankfully
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From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They were asleep in a moment, and Maurice envied them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
threshold
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From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
tramping
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From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
underground
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From this reading Cheerless though the underground prison might be, it offered a respite from further journeying, and for the moment the captives could think of nothing else.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
up
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From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
very
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From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
wake
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From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were asleep in a moment, and Maurice envied them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had chosen his own sleeping-place close to the door, but he could not rest until he had built up the boxes and sacks into a barricade which might shelter the girls from prying eyes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Exhausted by the long night spent in tramping through the rain, the girls asked only for rest, and a sack of corn for pillow, with a rug for coverlet, furnished as luxurious a couch as they could need.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
Zoe
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From this reading It seemed to him that the noise he made would wake anybody, but Zoe and Eirene never stirred, and he erected a very fair partition, and retired thankfully to his own sack and rug on the threshold.
