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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 VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
according
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading There we found the convent, a square box-like building behind big gates.
bell
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From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
big
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From this reading There we found the convent, a square box-like building behind big gates.
black-and-white
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From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
box-like
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From this reading There we found the convent, a square box-like building behind big gates.
Brand
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From this reading “Poor lads!” said Brand.
Brand's
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
building
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From this reading There we found the convent, a square box-like building behind big gates.
canal
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
cigarettes
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From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
coif
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From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
convent
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From this reading There we found the convent, a square box-like building behind big gates.
darkness
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From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
direction
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
edge
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There we found the convent, a square box-like building behind big gates.
fumbled
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
gate
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From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
gates
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From this reading There we found the convent, a square box-like building behind big gates.
girl
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
glowed
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From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
inch
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From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
Irish
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
jangled
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From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
lads
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From this reading “Poor lads!” said Brand.
lantern
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From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
letting
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From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
light
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From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
loudly
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From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
nun
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From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
off
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From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
opened
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From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
points
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From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
PoornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Poor lads!” said Brand.
presently
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From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
remembrance
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
revealed
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From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
said
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From this reading “Poor lads!” said Brand.
sense
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
slouched
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From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
square
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From this reading There we found the convent, a square box-like building behind big gates.
street
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
There
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From this reading There we found the convent, a square box-like building behind big gates.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
three
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From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
uncanny
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
VIII
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
way
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From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading VIII We fumbled our way to a street on the edge of the canal, according to Brand’s uncanny sense of direction and his remembrance of what the Irish girl had told him.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We pulled a bell which jangled loudly, and presently the gate opened an inch, letting through the light of a lantern which revealed the black-and-white coif of a nun.
