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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 In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
arm
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From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
automatic
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading A bullet bored a neat hole through the windshield between the heads of Liane Delorme and Jules.
bored
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From this reading A bullet bored a neat hole through the windshield between the heads of Liane Delorme and Jules.
bullet
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From this reading A bullet bored a neat hole through the windshield between the heads of Liane Delorme and Jules.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
car
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
contents
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
crouched
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From this reading The woman slipped down upon the floor and Jules crouched over the wheel.
Delorme
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From this reading A bullet bored a neat hole through the windshield between the heads of Liane Delorme and Jules.
down
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From this reading The woman slipped down upon the floor and Jules crouched over the wheel.
driver
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
fingered
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From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
fire
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From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
floor
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From this reading The woman slipped down upon the floor and Jules crouched over the wheel.
grey
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
hamper
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From this reading Instead, he turned to the lunch hamper and opened it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
heads
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From this reading A bullet bored a neat hole through the windshield between the heads of Liane Delorme and Jules.
held
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From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
holding
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
hole
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From this reading A bullet bored a neat hole through the windshield between the heads of Liane Delorme and Jules.
hoping
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
Instead
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From this reading Instead, he turned to the lunch hamper and opened it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Instead, he turned to the lunch hamper and opened it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
Jules
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From this reading A bullet bored a neat hole through the windshield between the heads of Liane Delorme and Jules.
Lanyard
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From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
Liane
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From this reading A bullet bored a neat hole through the windshield between the heads of Liane Delorme and Jules.
lunch
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From this reading Instead, he turned to the lunch hamper and opened it.
man
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
moment
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From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
more
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From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
neat
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From this reading A bullet bored a neat hole through the windshield between the heads of Liane Delorme and Jules.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
ontoprepositionUS /ˈɑːntuː/
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
opened
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From this reading Instead, he turned to the lunch hamper and opened it.
out
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The woman slipped down upon the floor and Jules crouched over the wheel.
poured
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
presumably
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
puncture
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
quarry
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
rose
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
seat
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
slipped
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From this reading The woman slipped down upon the floor and Jules crouched over the wheel.
steadying
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A bullet bored a neat hole through the windshield between the heads of Liane Delorme and Jules.
tires
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
turned
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From this reading Instead, he turned to the lunch hamper and opened it.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The woman slipped down upon the floor and Jules crouched over the wheel.
wheel
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From this reading The woman slipped down upon the floor and Jules crouched over the wheel.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Lanyard fingered his automatic but held its fire against a moment when he could be more sure of his arm.
windshield
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From this reading In the seat beside the driver of the grey car a man rose and, steadying himself by holding onto the windshield, poured out the contents of an automatic, presumably hoping to puncture the tires of the quarry.
woman
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From this reading The woman slipped down upon the floor and Jules crouched over the wheel.
