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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 Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.
air
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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.
Blix
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
board
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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
briskadjectiveUS /brɪsk/
energetic and quick
From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.
cable
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
car
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
comfortable
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
Condy
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
Condy's
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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.
cool
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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.
day
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From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.
desirable
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From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.
direction
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down
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
effervescent
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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.
evergreens
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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
full
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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.
Government
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
grass
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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
holiday
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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.
inside
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
just
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
Krag-Jorgensen
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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
low
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
merely
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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.
Monday
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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.
more
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From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.
nursing
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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
off
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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
old-fashioned
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
overhanging
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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
Presidio
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
put
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
Reservation
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
sea
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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.
seats
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
sentry
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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
set
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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
smell
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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.
Street
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
ten
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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.
terminus
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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
then
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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
tunnel
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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
Union
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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
walk
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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.
warm
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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.
weekly
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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.
