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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 But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
all
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
animals
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
bears
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stamped three times on the ground, and the earth trembled, and both the church and the monk began to shake.
black
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading She stamped three times on the ground, and the earth trembled, and both the church and the monk began to shake.
Breathless
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From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
building
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From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
church
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From this reading In her desperation she determined to pull down the church, and thus to destroy her two victims for ever.
daggernounUS /ˈdæɡ.ər/
A short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a stealth weapon.
From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
descriptions
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
desperation
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From this reading In her desperation she determined to pull down the church, and thus to destroy her two victims for ever.
destroy
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From this reading In her desperation she determined to pull down the church, and thus to destroy her two victims for ever.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading In her desperation she determined to pull down the church, and thus to destroy her two victims for ever.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
distance
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From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
doomed
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
down
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From this reading In her desperation she determined to pull down the church, and thus to destroy her two victims for ever.
earth
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From this reading She stamped three times on the ground, and the earth trembled, and both the church and the monk began to shake.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In her desperation she determined to pull down the church, and thus to destroy her two victims for ever.
failure
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
Fairy
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From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
fall
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From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
feet
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From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
fell
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From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In her desperation she determined to pull down the church, and thus to destroy her two victims for ever.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
full
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
gone
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
ground
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From this reading She stamped three times on the ground, and the earth trembled, and both the church and the monk began to shake.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
hardly
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
heart
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From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
hurt
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From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
monk
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From this reading She stamped three times on the ground, and the earth trembled, and both the church and the monk began to shake.
monk's
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From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
more
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
night
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She stamped three times on the ground, and the earth trembled, and both the church and the monk began to shake.
once
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
passion
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From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
pieces
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From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
plunge
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From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
pull
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From this reading In her desperation she determined to pull down the church, and thus to destroy her two victims for ever.
rage
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From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
retreated
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From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
saw
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From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
scheme
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
shake
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From this reading She stamped three times on the ground, and the earth trembled, and both the church and the monk began to shake.
shattered
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From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
some
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From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
soon
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From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
sorts
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
stamped
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From this reading She stamped three times on the ground, and the earth trembled, and both the church and the monk began to shake.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading As soon as the Fairy saw this she retreated to some distance from the building, so as not to be hurt herself by its fall.
three
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From this reading She stamped three times on the ground, and the earth trembled, and both the church and the monk began to shake.
thus
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From this reading In her desperation she determined to pull down the church, and thus to destroy her two victims for ever.
times
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From this reading She stamped three times on the ground, and the earth trembled, and both the church and the monk began to shake.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
trembled
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From this reading She stamped three times on the ground, and the earth trembled, and both the church and the monk began to shake.
tried
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From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
two
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From this reading In her desperation she determined to pull down the church, and thus to destroy her two victims for ever.
victims
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From this reading In her desperation she determined to pull down the church, and thus to destroy her two victims for ever.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
wild
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Breathless with rage and passion, she tried to plunge her dagger into the monk’s heart, but it fell shattered in pieces at her feet.
wolves
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
wood
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
yard
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From this reading But once more her scheme was doomed to failure, for hardly had she gone a yard from the church than both it and the monk disappeared, and she found herself in a wood black as night, and full of wolves and bears and wild animals of all sorts and descriptions.
