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All
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading Mike knocked the ashes from his pipe and opened the door.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
attached
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From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
beribboned
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From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
best
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
bits
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From this reading The saddle-room was littered with green and scarlet papers, brass buckles and bits of harness.
brass
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
buckles
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collars
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From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
crowning
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From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
Day
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door
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From this reading Mike knocked the ashes from his pipe and opened the door.
eight
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fans
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Farm
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
fastening
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
Fred
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mike knocked the ashes from his pipe and opened the door.
green
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From this reading The saddle-room was littered with green and scarlet papers, brass buckles and bits of harness.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
harness
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mike knocked the ashes from his pipe and opened the door.
horses
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From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
June
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kept
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
KINGDOM
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knocked
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From this reading Mike knocked the ashes from his pipe and opened the door.
lantern
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From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
lay
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From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
leather
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
littered
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Mike
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
night
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
o'clock
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From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
opened
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From this reading Mike knocked the ashes from his pipe and opened the door.
painted
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From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
paper
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From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
papers
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From this reading The saddle-room was littered with green and scarlet papers, brass buckles and bits of harness.
pipe
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From this reading Mike knocked the ashes from his pipe and opened the door.
polishing
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
rosettes
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
saddle-room
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
scarlet
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From this reading The saddle-room was littered with green and scarlet papers, brass buckles and bits of harness.
SHADOWnounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
Stephens
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
timed
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From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
triumph
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From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
twenty-second
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two
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From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
vigil
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
Waggon
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From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
waggons
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From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE SHADOW ON THE KINGDOM The twenty-second of June was Waggon Day and the waggons were timed to start at eight o'clock.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The saddle-room was littered with green and scarlet papers, brass buckles and bits of harness.
Wold
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From this reading All night Mike and Fred Stephens had kept vigil in the saddle-room at the Wold Farm, polishing brass and leather and fastening rosettes on to the best harness.
work
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From this reading The crowning triumph of their work, two painted and beribboned paper fans to be attached to the collars of the horses, lay beside the smoking lantern.
