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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 We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
adventures
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From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
all
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From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
boarded
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From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
book
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From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
chinks
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From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
Christ
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From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
cobweb
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From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
dared
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From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
door
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From this reading To-day, I unlocked the door.
dust-streaks
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From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
end
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From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
enter
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From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
fell
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From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
finish
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From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
foolnounUS /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
four
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From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
furniture
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From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
glinting
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From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
go
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From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
gray
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From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
HOUSE
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From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
how
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From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
Jesse
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From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
Jesse's
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From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
Kate
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From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
lived
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From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
LOCKED
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From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
lost
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From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
Memoir
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From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
now
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From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
once
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From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
only
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From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
parting
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From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
pity
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From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
rat-eaten
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From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
scattered
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From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
some
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From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
stabbing
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From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
sunlight
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From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
To-day
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From this reading To-day, I unlocked the door.
to-night
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From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
together
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From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
too
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From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
two
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From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
unlocked
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From this reading To-day, I unlocked the door.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Since I lost Kate is four years to-night, and in all that time till now, I never dared to enter the house where once she lived with me, her poor fool Jesse.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
windows
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From this reading The sunlight, glinting through chinks in the boarded windows, fell in long dust-streaks on rat-eaten furniture, gray cobweb, scattered ashes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
word
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From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
years
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From this reading THE LOCKED HOUSE _Jesse's Memoir_ The book of our adventures which we began together, was to go on through all our years.
young
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From this reading We were too young to think how it must some time finish at our parting, that one of us two was to be left, with only the broken end, the pity of Christ, and every word a stabbing memory.
