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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 It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
accepted
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From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
air
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From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
all
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
arts
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
begin
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
Bruce
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From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
call
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From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
cold
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From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
concrete
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
Connie's
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From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
consciousness
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
consideration
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
dared
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From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
day
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From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
deterred
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From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
difficult
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From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
dinner
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From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
earlier
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From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
elation
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
emerge
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
experience
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
façade
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From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
few
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From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
foreground
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
genial
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From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
go
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From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
hadn't
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From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
happily
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From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
Hardens
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From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
hazyadjectiveUS /ˈheɪzi/
unclear or blurred, especially from drink
From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
home
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From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
house
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From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
ideas
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
impossible
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From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
invite
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
invitingly
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From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
Laconia
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From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
less
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From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
lights
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From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
memorial
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From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
Mills
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From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
Mills's
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From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
moved
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From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
questions
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From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
refusal
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From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
several
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From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
Shepherd
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From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
shone
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From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
solution
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From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
spent
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From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
spirit
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
tangible
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
terms
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
tired
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From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
touching
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From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
tramps
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From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
way
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From this reading On his way home from one of his afternoon tramps Bruce was moved to make his third call at the Shepherd Mills’s.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was not Connie’s day at home, but she had asked him to dinner a few nights earlier when it was impossible for him to go and he hadn’t been sure that she had accepted his refusal in good part.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
windows
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From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
wintry
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From this reading He was cold and tired--happily tired, for the afternoon spent in the wintry air had brought the solution of several difficult questions touching the Laconia memorial.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
won
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
workers
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From this reading His spirit had won the elation which workers in all the arts experience when hazy ideas begin to emerge into the foreground of consciousness and invite consideration in terms of the tangible and concrete.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would have stopped at the Hardens’ if he had dared; lights shone invitingly from the windows as he passed, but the Mills house, with its less genial façade, deterred him.
