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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 Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
air
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
answering
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From this reading He turned his head and looked fixedly at the speaker for a few moments without answering.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He turned his head and looked fixedly at the speaker for a few moments without answering.
away
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
back
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “I have seen you before,” he said at last.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
Canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
chaplain
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
chin
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
clear
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
departing
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you remember preaching on the village green at Hayslope in Loamshire?”
down
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
elderly
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
entrance-door
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
evening
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
few
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
fixedly
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From this reading He turned his head and looked fixedly at the speaker for a few moments without answering.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He turned his head and looked fixedly at the speaker for a few moments without answering.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
get
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
green
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From this reading “Do you remember preaching on the village green at Hayslope in Loamshire?”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have seen you before,” he said at last.
Hayslope
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From this reading “Do you remember preaching on the village green at Hayslope in Loamshire?”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
head
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From this reading He turned his head and looked fixedly at the speaker for a few moments without answering.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Do you remember preaching on the village green at Hayslope in Loamshire?”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
jail
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
Loamshire
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From this reading “Do you remember preaching on the village green at Hayslope in Loamshire?”
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He turned his head and looked fixedly at the speaker for a few moments without answering.
looking
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
moments
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From this reading He turned his head and looked fixedly at the speaker for a few moments without answering.
Near
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
pavement
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
please
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
preaching
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From this reading “Do you remember preaching on the village green at Hayslope in Loamshire?”
prison
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Do you remember preaching on the village green at Hayslope in Loamshire?”
roused
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
ruminating
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
said
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From this reading “I have seen you before,” he said at last.
saying
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
seen
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From this reading “I have seen you before,” he said at last.
smaller
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
speaker
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From this reading He turned his head and looked fixedly at the speaker for a few moments without answering.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
Stoniton
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
stroking
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
sunset
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
sweet
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
turned
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From this reading He turned his head and looked fixedly at the speaker for a few moments without answering.
village
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From this reading “Do you remember preaching on the village green at Hayslope in Loamshire?”
voice
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
walked
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He turned his head and looked fixedly at the speaker for a few moments without answering.
woman's
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From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
words
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From this reading Near sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The chaplain walked away, but the elderly gentleman stood still, looking down on the pavement and stroking his chin with a ruminating air, when he was roused by a sweet clear woman’s voice, saying, “Can I get into the prison, if you please?”
