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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 He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In his corn-field, Charles took up his hoe and set to work.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It became plain a moment later when Mary was seen hurrying back and the sound of hoofs and wheels at the gate had ceased.
back
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From this reading It became plain a moment later when Mary was seen hurrying back and the sound of hoofs and wheels at the gate had ceased.
barn
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
became
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From this reading It became plain a moment later when Mary was seen hurrying back and the sound of hoofs and wheels at the gate had ceased.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
ceased
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From this reading It became plain a moment later when Mary was seen hurrying back and the sound of hoofs and wheels at the gate had ceased.
Charles
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From this reading In his corn-field, Charles took up his hoe and set to work.
corn-field
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From this reading In his corn-field, Charles took up his hoe and set to work.
darkness
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From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
door
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
down
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
eyes
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From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
Frazier's
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
further
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From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
furtively
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From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
gate
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From this reading It became plain a moment later when Mary was seen hurrying back and the sound of hoofs and wheels at the gate had ceased.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
heard
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
hillside
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From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In his corn-field, Charles took up his hoe and set to work.
hoe
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From this reading In his corn-field, Charles took up his hoe and set to work.
hoofs
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From this reading It became plain a moment later when Mary was seen hurrying back and the sound of hoofs and wheels at the gate had ceased.
horse
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
house
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
hurrying
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From this reading It became plain a moment later when Mary was seen hurrying back and the sound of hoofs and wheels at the gate had ceased.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In his corn-field, Charles took up his hoe and set to work.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
Kenneth
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From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
later
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From this reading It became plain a moment later when Mary was seen hurrying back and the sound of hoofs and wheels at the gate had ceased.
lurking
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From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
man
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From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
Mary
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
meant
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
moment
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From this reading It became plain a moment later when Mary was seen hurrying back and the sound of hoofs and wheels at the gate had ceased.
neighborhood
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From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
Now
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From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
only
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From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
operations
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From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
plain
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From this reading It became plain a moment later when Mary was seen hurrying back and the sound of hoofs and wheels at the gate had ceased.
rapidly
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
rear
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
road
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
saw
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
seen
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From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
set
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From this reading In his corn-field, Charles took up his hoe and set to work.
slip
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
SomethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
sound
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
steal
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From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
stranger
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From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
swept
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From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
then
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From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
thicketnounUS /ˈθɪkɪt/
a dense group of bushes or small trees
From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In his corn-field, Charles took up his hoe and set to work.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In his corn-field, Charles took up his hoe and set to work.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
up
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From this reading In his corn-field, Charles took up his hoe and set to work.
veil
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From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
waiting
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From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Something seemed to tell Charles that the man was still in the neighborhood and was only waiting for the darkness to veil his further operations.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He heard the sound of Frazier's horse on the road and saw Mary slip from a rear door of the house and steal rapidly down to the barn, but he did not understand what it meant.
wheels
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From this reading It became plain a moment later when Mary was seen hurrying back and the sound of hoofs and wheels at the gate had ceased.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It became plain a moment later when Mary was seen hurrying back and the sound of hoofs and wheels at the gate had ceased.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Now and then his eyes furtively swept the thicket on the hillside where Kenneth had seen the lurking stranger.
work
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From this reading In his corn-field, Charles took up his hoe and set to work.
