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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 His face had changed in a flash.
all
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From this reading It was not at all the face of a man who had been caught and was ashamed; it was rather glad.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CONTEST Mackenzie sprang up and stood facing them.
ashamedadjectiveUS /əˈʃeɪmd/
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading It was not at all the face of a man who had been caught and was ashamed; it was rather glad.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was not at all the face of a man who had been caught and was ashamed; it was rather glad.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was not at all the face of a man who had been caught and was ashamed; it was rather glad.
caught
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From this reading It was not at all the face of a man who had been caught and was ashamed; it was rather glad.
changed
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From this reading His face had changed in a flash.
clothes
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From this reading Even his ill-made London clothes could not at that moment disguise his magnificent gift of virility.
CONTEST
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From this reading THE CONTEST Mackenzie sprang up and stood facing them.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Even his ill-made London clothes could not at that moment disguise his magnificent gift of virility.
danger
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From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
dauntless
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From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
death
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From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
disguisenounUS /dɪsˈɡaɪz/
A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.
From this reading Even his ill-made London clothes could not at that moment disguise his magnificent gift of virility.
eager
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From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even his ill-made London clothes could not at that moment disguise his magnificent gift of virility.
face
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From this reading His face had changed in a flash.
facing
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From this reading THE CONTEST Mackenzie sprang up and stood facing them.
far
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From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
flash
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From this reading His face had changed in a flash.
gift
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From this reading Even his ill-made London clothes could not at that moment disguise his magnificent gift of virility.
glad
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From this reading It was not at all the face of a man who had been caught and was ashamed; it was rather glad.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading His face had changed in a flash.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His face had changed in a flash.
ill-made
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From this reading Even his ill-made London clothes could not at that moment disguise his magnificent gift of virility.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His face had changed in a flash.
instant
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From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not at all the face of a man who had been caught and was ashamed; it was rather glad.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
London
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From this reading Even his ill-made London clothes could not at that moment disguise his magnificent gift of virility.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
Mackenzie
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From this reading THE CONTEST Mackenzie sprang up and stood facing them.
magnificent
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From this reading Even his ill-made London clothes could not at that moment disguise his magnificent gift of virility.
man
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From this reading It was not at all the face of a man who had been caught and was ashamed; it was rather glad.
menace
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From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
moment
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From this reading Even his ill-made London clothes could not at that moment disguise his magnificent gift of virility.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not at all the face of a man who had been caught and was ashamed; it was rather glad.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was not at all the face of a man who had been caught and was ashamed; it was rather glad.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
out
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From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
rather
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From this reading It was not at all the face of a man who had been caught and was ashamed; it was rather glad.
see
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From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
sprang
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From this reading THE CONTEST Mackenzie sprang up and stood facing them.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE CONTEST Mackenzie sprang up and stood facing them.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
surroundings
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From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Even his ill-made London clothes could not at that moment disguise his magnificent gift of virility.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CONTEST Mackenzie sprang up and stood facing them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE CONTEST Mackenzie sprang up and stood facing them.
there
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From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
unexpected
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From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
up
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From this reading THE CONTEST Mackenzie sprang up and stood facing them.
virility
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From this reading Even his ill-made London clothes could not at that moment disguise his magnificent gift of virility.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not at all the face of a man who had been caught and was ashamed; it was rather glad.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was not at all the face of a man who had been caught and was ashamed; it was rather glad.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
wrest
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From this reading So he might have looked--when there was no one to see him--face to face with sudden, unexpected danger in far different surroundings, dauntless, and eager to wrest his life out of the instant menace of death.
