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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 A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
boy
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From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
burning
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From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They said nothing, but Sir Henry slowly filled his pipe and lit it with a burning ember.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
came
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From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
Curtis
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From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
door
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From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
down
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From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
ember
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From this reading They said nothing, but Sir Henry slowly filled his pipe and lit it with a burning ember.
entered
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From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
evening
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From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
filled
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From this reading They said nothing, but Sir Henry slowly filled his pipe and lit it with a burning ember.
fire
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From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
friends
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From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
funeral
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From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
Going
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From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
Harry
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From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
hearth
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From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
heavy
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From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
Henry
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From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They said nothing, but Sir Henry slowly filled his pipe and lit it with a burning ember.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
John
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From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
kind
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From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
lit
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From this reading They said nothing, but Sir Henry slowly filled his pipe and lit it with a burning ember.
logs
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From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
making
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From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading They said nothing, but Sir Henry slowly filled his pipe and lit it with a burning ember.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
old
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From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
opened
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From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
outer
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From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
particularly
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From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
pipe
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From this reading They said nothing, but Sir Henry slowly filled his pipe and lit it with a burning ember.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
remark
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From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
ring
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From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
RN
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From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
room
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From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
round
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From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
said
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From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
sat
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From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
Sir
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From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
slowly
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From this reading They said nothing, but Sir Henry slowly filled his pipe and lit it with a burning ember.
snow
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From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
steps
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From this reading Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
there
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From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
up
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From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
very
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From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
vestibule
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From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
walking
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From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
way
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From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
week
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From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
wide
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From this reading They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They said nothing, but Sir Henry slowly filled his pipe and lit it with a burning ember.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “It is very kind of you to come round,” I said by way of making a remark; “it must have been heavy walking in the snow.”
