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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 He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
age
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From this reading Harry Ringrose came of age on the happiest morning of his life.
all
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
anticipation
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
awake
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
birthday
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
border
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From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
breakfast
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
came
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From this reading Harry Ringrose came of age on the happiest morning of his life.
Crewe
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From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
deadlier
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
delicious
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
down
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From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
dry
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From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
eat
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
ecstasy
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
enemy
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
excitement
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From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
familiar
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
fifty
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From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
flying
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From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
friend
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
grateful
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
guard
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From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
hailednounUS /hailed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
happiest
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From this reading Harry Ringrose came of age on the happiest morning of his life.
Harry
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From this reading Harry Ringrose came of age on the happiest morning of his life.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Harry Ringrose came of age on the happiest morning of his life.
HOME
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From this reading THE OLD HOME.
hour
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From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
insignificant
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From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
instead
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From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
junction
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From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
knew
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From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
knots
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From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
land
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From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
lay
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From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harry Ringrose came of age on the happiest morning of his life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
miles
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From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
minute
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From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
more
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From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harry Ringrose came of age on the happiest morning of his life.
night
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
north
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From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
number
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From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Harry Ringrose came of age on the happiest morning of his life.
OLD
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From this reading THE OLD HOME.
older
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Harry Ringrose came of age on the happiest morning of his life.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
out
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From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
precarious
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From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
retrospect
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
Ringrose
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From this reading Harry Ringrose came of age on the happiest morning of his life.
sat
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
sleep
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
some
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From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
stations
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From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE OLD HOME.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
Warrington
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From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
Westmoreland
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From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
WornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading Worn out by excitement, however, he lay down for a minute between Crewe and Warrington, and knew no more until the guard came to him at the little junction across the Westmoreland border.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would be at home to eat his birthday breakfast after all; and half the night he sat awake in a long ecstasy of grateful retrospect and delicious anticipation, as one by one the familiar stations were hailed and left behind, each an older friend than the last, and each a deadlier enemy to sleep.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He was on dry land at last, and flying north at fifty miles an hour instead of at some insignificant and yet precarious number of knots.
