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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 The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
all
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From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
best
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
bicyclist
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From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
cause
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From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
century
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From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
chase
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
darkness
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From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
DAY
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From this reading THE FIRST DAY OF THE FLIGHT.
days
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From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
double
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
Elizabethan
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From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
English
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From this reading English horse-breeding had not yet shown or sought great results in speed.
FIRSTnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FIRST DAY OF THE FLIGHT.
FLIGHT
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From this reading THE FIRST DAY OF THE FLIGHT.
follows
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From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
froward
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading English horse-breeding had not yet shown or sought great results in speed.
greater
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From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
horse-breeding
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From this reading English horse-breeding had not yet shown or sought great results in speed.
horseman
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From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
horses
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From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading English horse-breeding had not yet shown or sought great results in speed.
incredible
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From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
machines
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From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
mad
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
maintain
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
Marryott
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
Master
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
men
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
night
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading English horse-breeding had not yet shown or sought great results in speed.
object
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FIRST DAY OF THE FLIGHT.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
pace
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
product
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From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
race-track
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From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
results
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From this reading English horse-breeding had not yet shown or sought great results in speed.
rode
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
route
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From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
showing
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From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
shown
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From this reading English horse-breeding had not yet shown or sought great results in speed.
Shrew
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
slowness
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From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
sought
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From this reading English horse-breeding had not yet shown or sought great results in speed.
special
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From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
speed
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From this reading English horse-breeding had not yet shown or sought great results in speed.
stark
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
steed
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From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
Stevenage
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
strange
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From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
Taming
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRST DAY OF THE FLIGHT.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
to-day
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From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
twentieth
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From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
two
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
wench
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From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The slowness, incredible to a bicyclist or horseman who to-day follows the same route, was all the greater for the darkness; but slowness had good cause without darkness.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "That wench is stark mad, or wonderful froward."--_The Taming of the Shrew._ The object of this double chase, Master Marryott, rode on with his two men, through the night, beyond Stevenage, at what pace it seemed best to maintain.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading An Elizabethan steed would make a strange showing on a twentieth century race-track; for the special product of those days was neither horses nor machines, but men.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading English horse-breeding had not yet shown or sought great results in speed.
