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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 _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
anymore
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From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
apartment
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From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
arm
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
back
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
bumped
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
car
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
cheek
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
chuckled
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
clacked
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
commuter
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
dial-a-ration
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From this reading Flora looked up from the dial-a-ration panel.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
doesn't
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From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
door
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
exist
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From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
face
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
faces
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
Flora
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From this reading Flora looked up from the dial-a-ration panel.
Flora's
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Something you've waited a long time for?"
Four
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From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Flora looked up from the dial-a-ration panel.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
hardly
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
Harry
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From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
lift
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something you've waited a long time for?"
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
out
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From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
panel
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From this reading Flora looked up from the dial-a-ration panel.
peeringverbUS /ˈpɪrɪŋ/
looking closely or carefully
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
prison
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From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
say
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
shut
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
slipped
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
SomethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something you've waited a long time for?"
stepped
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From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
surprise
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something you've waited a long time for?"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
Trimble
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From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
unlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
up
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From this reading Flora looked up from the dial-a-ration panel.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
waited
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From this reading Something you've waited a long time for?"
walls
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From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
Well
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From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
world
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From this reading _Four walls do not a prison make--unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist anymore._ Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora's back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, "Well, what would you say to a little surprise?
you've
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From this reading Something you've waited a long time for?"
