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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 Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
away
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
baffled
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From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
birds
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
branch
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From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
Cardiff
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
centre
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From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
cross
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From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
crossed
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From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
dense
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From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
disappearing
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
distinguishable
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
dodged
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From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
Douglas
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
down
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From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
entered
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From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
far-off
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
fell
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From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
HalfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
hammering
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
hardly
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
heat
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
Hill
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
hitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
hour
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
jog
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From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
juvenile
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From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
lanes
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From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
later
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
lay
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
loneliness
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
mansion
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
moody
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From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
more
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
mossy
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From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
nature
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
noonday
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
oak
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From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
occasional
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
off
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
out
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From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
pathless
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From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
pervading
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
picked
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From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
prevailing
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From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
profound
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
pursuit
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From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
render
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
returning
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From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
sat
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From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
scholars
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From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
school-house
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
sense
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
small
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From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
songs
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
sound
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
spot
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From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
spreading
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From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
stilled
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
stirring
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
summit
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
superstition
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From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
then
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From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
There
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
thitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
three
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From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
times
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From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
Tom
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From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
trance
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
two
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From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
valley
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From this reading Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
water
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From this reading He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile superstition that to cross water baffled pursuit.
way
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From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
well
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From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
wood
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From this reading He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.
wood-pecker
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
zephyr
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From this reading There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a wood-pecker, and this seemed to render the pervading silence and sense of loneliness the more profound.
