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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 At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
arm
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And as he climbed he heard behind him scoffs and jeers, but he kept his ears steadily closed to them.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading And as he climbed he heard behind him scoffs and jeers, but he kept his ears steadily closed to them.
blade
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From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
brother's
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From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
brothers
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From this reading Then she cried out to her brothers that something terrible had come to pass.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And as he climbed he heard behind him scoffs and jeers, but he kept his ears steadily closed to them.
clamour
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
climbed
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From this reading And as he climbed he heard behind him scoffs and jeers, but he kept his ears steadily closed to them.
closed
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From this reading And as he climbed he heard behind him scoffs and jeers, but he kept his ears steadily closed to them.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she cried out to her brothers that something terrible had come to pass.
counsel
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From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she cried out to her brothers that something terrible had come to pass.
day
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From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
ears
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From this reading And as he climbed he heard behind him scoffs and jeers, but he kept his ears steadily closed to them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
grew
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then she cried out to her brothers that something terrible had come to pass.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
heard
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From this reading And as he climbed he heard behind him scoffs and jeers, but he kept his ears steadily closed to them.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
hurl
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
jeers
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From this reading And as he climbed he heard behind him scoffs and jeers, but he kept his ears steadily closed to them.
kept
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From this reading And as he climbed he heard behind him scoffs and jeers, but he kept his ears steadily closed to them.
knife
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From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
lost
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
loud
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
man
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From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
midst
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
moment
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
mountain
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From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
noise
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
out
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From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
pass
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From this reading Then she cried out to her brothers that something terrible had come to pass.
patience
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
pick
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
reached
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From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
red
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From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
returning
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From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
scoffs
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From this reading And as he climbed he heard behind him scoffs and jeers, but he kept his ears steadily closed to them.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she cried out to her brothers that something terrible had come to pass.
sister
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From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Then she cried out to her brothers that something terrible had come to pass.
steadily
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From this reading And as he climbed he heard behind him scoffs and jeers, but he kept his ears steadily closed to them.
steps
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From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
stiffen
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
stone
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
stooped
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then she cried out to her brothers that something terrible had come to pass.
thanked
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From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading And as he climbed he heard behind him scoffs and jeers, but he kept his ears steadily closed to them.
Then
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From this reading Then she cried out to her brothers that something terrible had come to pass.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And as he climbed he heard behind him scoffs and jeers, but he kept his ears steadily closed to them.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
up
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From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
walked
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From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At last the noise grew so loud that he lost patience, and he stooped to pick up a stone to hurl into the midst of the clamour, when suddenly his arm seemed to stiffen, and the next moment he was a stone himself!
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading That day his sister, who thought her brother’s steps were long in returning, took out the knife and found the blade was red as blood.
young
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From this reading The young man thanked him for his counsel, and walked, and walked, and walked, till he reached the mountain.
