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4
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
accident
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adventure
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From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
aerial
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From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
Atkinson
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
Author
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
automobile
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aviation
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away
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beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
biplane
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From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
building
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From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
Circle
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
city
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
clouds
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
companion
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From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
damp
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From this reading The raw, damp weather and the lead-colored sky had a depressing effect on Tim.
Daring
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
depressing
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From this reading The raw, damp weather and the lead-colored sky had a depressing effect on Tim.
earthbound
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From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
edition
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
editor
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effect
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From this reading The raw, damp weather and the lead-colored sky had a depressing effect on Tim.
famous
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fast
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From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
felt
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From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
few
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flying
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front
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gloomy
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From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
Graves
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From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
Gray
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
half-heartedly
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happened
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HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
hung
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
lead-colored
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From this reading The raw, damp weather and the lead-colored sky had a depressing effect on Tim.
longed
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From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
looking
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From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
many
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minor
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minutes
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Murphy
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News
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
noon
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
off
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The raw, damp weather and the lead-colored sky had a depressing effect on Tim.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
owned
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From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
paper
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From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
Patrol
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
pecked
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From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
press
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
Ralph
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raw
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From this reading The raw, damp weather and the lead-colored sky had a depressing effect on Tim.
reporter
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restless
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From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
roarednounUS /roared/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
sky
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From this reading The raw, damp weather and the lead-colored sky had a depressing effect on Tim.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
soar
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From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
story
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
Tim
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Tim's
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From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
trim
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From this reading He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the _Good News_, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.
trying
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typewriter
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From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
weather
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From this reading The raw, damp weather and the lead-colored sky had a depressing effect on Tim.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
Wings
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
winter
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From this reading Author of _Daring Wings_ _Circle 4 Patrol_ Gray clouds of winter hung over the city as the noon edition of the _Atkinson News_ roared off the press.
write
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From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What are you looking so gloomy about?" asked Ralph Graves, who had been Tim's flying companion on many an aerial adventure.
young
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From this reading Tim Murphy, famous young flying reporter and aviation editor of the _News_, pecked away half-heartedly at his typewriter trying to write a story about a minor automobile accident that had happened a few minutes before in front of the _News_ building.
