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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 HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once again Jeanjean had escaped!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading By that time the train had rounded the curve and was dropping from sight.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
back
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
begun
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
calmly
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
companions
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
curve
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From this reading By that time the train had rounded the curve and was dropping from sight.
dashed
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
direction
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
down
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
dropping
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From this reading By that time the train had rounded the curve and was dropping from sight.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
escaped
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From this reading Once again Jeanjean had escaped!
fell
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
followed
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
French
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
gained
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
HAMPSTEAD
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
heart
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From this reading My heart sank within me.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
HOUSE
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
Italian
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
Jeanjean
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From this reading Once again Jeanjean had escaped!
lips
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My heart sank within me.
move
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
officer's
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
officers
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
official
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
Once
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From this reading Once again Jeanjean had escaped!
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
only
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
out
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
platform
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
police
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
rounded
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From this reading By that time the train had rounded the curve and was dropping from sight.
sank
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From this reading My heart sank within me.
scarlet-capped
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
sight
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From this reading By that time the train had rounded the curve and was dropping from sight.
stately
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
station
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
station-master
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
steps
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
three
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
train
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD I dashed down to the platform, three steps at a time, followed by my three companions, but ere I gained it the train had begun to move out of the station.
voluble
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
walked
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading By that time the train had rounded the curve and was dropping from sight.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading My heart sank within me.
words
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From this reading One of the Italian police officers shouted to the scarlet-capped station-master to have the train stopped, but that stately official, his hands behind his back, only walked calmly in our direction to hear the voluble words which fell from the French officer's lips.
