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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 A MIDNIGHT WALK.
adventure
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
age
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From this reading Very few youths of his age are to be found so entirely home-bred as Geoff.
all
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Very few youths of his age are to be found so entirely home-bred as Geoff.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Very few youths of his age are to be found so entirely home-bred as Geoff.
Bampfylde
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From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Very few youths of his age are to be found so entirely home-bred as Geoff.
bed
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Very few youths of his age are to be found so entirely home-bred as Geoff.
excitement
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From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
existence
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
expedition
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
few
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From this reading Very few youths of his age are to be found so entirely home-bred as Geoff.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Very few youths of his age are to be found so entirely home-bred as Geoff.
gave
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
Geoff
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From this reading Very few youths of his age are to be found so entirely home-bred as Geoff.
going
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
guidance
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
home-bred
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From this reading Very few youths of his age are to be found so entirely home-bred as Geoff.
house
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From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
known
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
lead
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
leave
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
Lord
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From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
man's
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From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
MIDNIGHT
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT WALK.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
mischief
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
mystery
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
natural
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
occurring
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
other
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
own
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From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
path
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
people
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
peril
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
personal
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Very few youths of his age are to be found so entirely home-bred as Geoff.
Stanton
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From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
striking
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
sufficiently
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
tendency
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
there
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From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
thitherward
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
tingle
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From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Very few youths of his age are to be found so entirely home-bred as Geoff.
touch
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From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
twenty
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
veins
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From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
Very
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From this reading Very few youths of his age are to be found so entirely home-bred as Geoff.
WALK
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT WALK.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
way
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
Wild
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From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
world
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
years
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From this reading He had never been in the way of mischief, and he had no natural tendency to lead him thitherward, so that he had passed these first twenty years of his existence without an adventure, without anything occurring to him that might not have been known to all the world.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
young
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From this reading When young Lord Stanton left his own house with Wild Bampfylde there was a tingle of excitement in the young man’s veins.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading To leave your own house when other people are thinking of going to bed, for an expedition you know not where, under the guidance of you know not whom, is a sufficiently striking beginning to the path of mystery and adventure; and there was a touch of personal peril in it which gave Geoff a little tingle in his veins.
youths
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From this reading Very few youths of his age are to be found so entirely home-bred as Geoff.
