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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 The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
arrived
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From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
beard
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From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading He went straight through his house to his study, which opened on the grounds behind.
black
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From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
box
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From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
carefully
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From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
clothes
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From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
dark
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From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
door
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From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
dressed
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From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
elegant
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From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
few
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From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
fighting
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From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
figure
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From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
flying
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From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
garden
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From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
grey
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From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
grounds
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From this reading He went straight through his house to his study, which opened on the grounds behind.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Perhaps such scientific natures have some psychic prevision of the most tremendous problem of their lives.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
house
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From this reading He went straight through his house to his study, which opened on the grounds behind.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
lives
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From this reading Perhaps such scientific natures have some psychic prevision of the most tremendous problem of their lives.
locked
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From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
looking
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From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
moon
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From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
most
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From this reading Perhaps such scientific natures have some psychic prevision of the most tremendous problem of their lives.
natures
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From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
official
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From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He went straight through his house to his study, which opened on the grounds behind.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
opened
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From this reading He went straight through his house to his study, which opened on the grounds behind.
out
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From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
Perhaps
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From this reading Perhaps such scientific natures have some psychic prevision of the most tremendous problem of their lives.
place
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From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
prevision
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From this reading Perhaps such scientific natures have some psychic prevision of the most tremendous problem of their lives.
problem
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From this reading Perhaps such scientific natures have some psychic prevision of the most tremendous problem of their lives.
psychic
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From this reading Perhaps such scientific natures have some psychic prevision of the most tremendous problem of their lives.
rags
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From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
red
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From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
regarded
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From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
rosette
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From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
scientific
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From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
seconds
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From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
sharp
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From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
some
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From this reading Perhaps such scientific natures have some psychic prevision of the most tremendous problem of their lives.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
storm
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From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
straight
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From this reading He went straight through his house to his study, which opened on the grounds behind.
streaked
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From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
study
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From this reading He went straight through his house to his study, which opened on the grounds behind.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
tatters
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From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps such scientific natures have some psychic prevision of the most tremendous problem of their lives.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He went straight through his house to his study, which opened on the grounds behind.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He went straight through his house to his study, which opened on the grounds behind.
tremendous
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From this reading Perhaps such scientific natures have some psychic prevision of the most tremendous problem of their lives.
unusual
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From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The garden door of it was open, and after he had carefully locked his box in its official place, he stood for a few seconds at the open door looking out upon the garden.
Valentin
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From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went straight through his house to his study, which opened on the grounds behind.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He went straight through his house to his study, which opened on the grounds behind.
wistfulness
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From this reading A sharp moon was fighting with the flying rags and tatters of a storm, and Valentin regarded it with a wistfulness unusual in such scientific natures as his.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When Valentin arrived he was already dressed in black clothes and the red rosette--an elegant figure, his dark beard already streaked with grey.
