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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 But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
awoke
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From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
bantering
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From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
blind
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From this reading In a blind sort of way he realized that the thing which had come upon Johnny Watson yesterday had not left him.
brows
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From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
caught
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From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
chaff
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From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a blind sort of way he realized that the thing which had come upon Johnny Watson yesterday had not left him.
dawn
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From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
deep-set
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From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
Dick
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From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
early
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From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
end
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From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
eyes
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From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
Farley
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From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
fears
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From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
glimpse
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From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
gray
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From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
gray-sprinkled
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From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
groping
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From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In a blind sort of way he realized that the thing which had come upon Johnny Watson yesterday had not left him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In a blind sort of way he realized that the thing which had come upon Johnny Watson yesterday had not left him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
how
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From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
Johnny
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From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
men
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From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
night
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From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In a blind sort of way he realized that the thing which had come upon Johnny Watson yesterday had not left him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
old
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From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
partner
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From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
realized
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From this reading In a blind sort of way he realized that the thing which had come upon Johnny Watson yesterday had not left him.
remarks
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From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
remembered
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From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
Shaggy
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From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
smiled
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From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
sort
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From this reading In a blind sort of way he realized that the thing which had come upon Johnny Watson yesterday had not left him.
stared
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From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
swearing
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From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
swift
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From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a blind sort of way he realized that the thing which had come upon Johnny Watson yesterday had not left him.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
tree-tops
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From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
trooping
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From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
unpleasant
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From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
unuttered
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From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In a blind sort of way he realized that the thing which had come upon Johnny Watson yesterday had not left him.
upward
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From this reading Farley stared upward through the still tree-tops at the gray morning, his mind groping for the unpleasant something of last night.
voice
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From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
Watson
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From this reading In a blind sort of way he realized that the thing which had come upon Johnny Watson yesterday had not left him.
Watson's
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From this reading It was Johnny Watson’s voice swearing at old Shaggy that awoke Dick Farley in the early dawn.
way
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From this reading In a blind sort of way he realized that the thing which had come upon Johnny Watson yesterday had not left him.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But when he caught a swift glimpse of the deep-set eyes under the shaggy gray-sprinkled brows, the bantering remarks which were trooping to the end of his tongue were left unuttered.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And when he remembered he smiled, thinking how he would chaff his partner about his night fears and his dead men.
yesterday
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From this reading In a blind sort of way he realized that the thing which had come upon Johnny Watson yesterday had not left him.
