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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 Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
bore
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From this reading Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Tom was touched, for he knew by his own experience how this wretch had suffered.
cave
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
cheer
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
close
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
crack
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
dim
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From this reading When the cave door was unlocked, a sorrowful sight presented itself in the dim twilight of the place.
door
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From this reading When the cave door was unlocked, a sorrowful sight presented itself in the dim twilight of the place.
dozen
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
experience
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From this reading Tom was touched, for he knew by his own experience how this wretch had suffered.
eyes
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
face
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
ferryboat
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
few
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
filled
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
fixed
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
followed
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Tom was touched, for he knew by his own experience how this wretch had suffered.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
ground
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tom was touched, for he knew by his own experience how this wretch had suffered.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
how
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From this reading Tom was touched, for he knew by his own experience how this wretch had suffered.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher.
Injun
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading When the cave door was unlocked, a sorrowful sight presented itself in the dim twilight of the place.
Joe
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
Judge
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From this reading Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher.
knew
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From this reading Tom was touched, for he knew by his own experience how this wretch had suffered.
latest
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
lay
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
light
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
longing
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
McDougal's
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
men
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
minutesnounUS /ˈmɪnəts/
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
moment
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
news
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
own
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From this reading Tom was touched, for he knew by his own experience how this wretch had suffered.
passengers
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
place
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From this reading When the cave door was unlocked, a sorrowful sight presented itself in the dim twilight of the place.
presented
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From this reading When the cave door was unlocked, a sorrowful sight presented itself in the dim twilight of the place.
Sawyer
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From this reading Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher.
sight
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From this reading When the cave door was unlocked, a sorrowful sight presented itself in the dim twilight of the place.
skiff
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From this reading Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher.
skiff-loads
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
soon
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
sorrowful
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From this reading When the cave door was unlocked, a sorrowful sight presented itself in the dim twilight of the place.
spread
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
stretched
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
suffered
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From this reading Tom was touched, for he knew by his own experience how this wretch had suffered.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher.
Thatcher
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From this reading Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Tom was touched, for he knew by his own experience how this wretch had suffered.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
Tom
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From this reading Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher.
touched
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From this reading Tom was touched, for he knew by his own experience how this wretch had suffered.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading When the cave door was unlocked, a sorrowful sight presented itself in the dim twilight of the place.
unlocked
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From this reading When the cave door was unlocked, a sorrowful sight presented itself in the dim twilight of the place.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher.
way
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
well
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From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the cave door was unlocked, a sorrowful sight presented itself in the dim twilight of the place.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
WithinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed.
world
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From this reading Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, upon the light and the cheer of the free world outside.
wretch
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From this reading Tom was touched, for he knew by his own experience how this wretch had suffered.
