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ablaze
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
adding
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From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
all
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
better
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From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But whether she kept dark or not everybody knew it by ten o’clock the next morning.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But whether she kept dark or not everybody knew it by ten o’clock the next morning.
called
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
Col
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
dark
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From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
Elms
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From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
errand
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
Errington
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading But whether she kept dark or not everybody knew it by ten o’clock the next morning.
everyonepronounUS /ˈevriwʌn/
every person
From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
excitement
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
Fanny
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
flew
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
Fullerton
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
hastening
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
Hathern
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
heard
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From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
HOW
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From this reading HOW LOVERING RECEIVED THE NEWS.
hurrying
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
indignation
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
Jack
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
jilted
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
keep
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From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
kept
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From this reading But whether she kept dark or not everybody knew it by ten o’clock the next morning.
knew
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From this reading But whether she kept dark or not everybody knew it by ten o’clock the next morning.
like
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
listeners
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
LOVERING
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From this reading HOW LOVERING RECEIVED THE NEWS.
married
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
met
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But whether she kept dark or not everybody knew it by ten o’clock the next morning.
neighbors
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
NEWS
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From this reading HOW LOVERING RECEIVED THE NEWS.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But whether she kept dark or not everybody knew it by ten o’clock the next morning.
night
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From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But whether she kept dark or not everybody knew it by ten o’clock the next morning.
o'clock
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From this reading But whether she kept dark or not everybody knew it by ten o’clock the next morning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But whether she kept dark or not everybody knew it by ten o’clock the next morning.
other
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From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
RECEIVED
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From this reading HOW LOVERING RECEIVED THE NEWS.
remembered
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
return
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From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
saw
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
seen
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
set
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
she'd
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From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
some
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From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
source
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From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
streets
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
talking
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
ten
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From this reading But whether she kept dark or not everybody knew it by ten o’clock the next morning.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW LOVERING RECEIVED THE NEWS.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
then
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
town
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
turn
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
weeks
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading But whether she kept dark or not everybody knew it by ten o’clock the next morning.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
wife
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From this reading The doctor had told it to his wife the night after his return from The Elms, adding that she’d better keep dark until she heard it from some other source.
wild-fire
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From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The news that Fanny Hathern had jilted Jack Fullerton and married Col. Errington flew like wild-fire and set the little town of Lovering ablaze with excitement and indignation.
Women
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From this reading Women who had not called upon their neighbors for weeks remembered suddenly that they had an errand, and were seen hurrying through the streets talking to everyone they met and then hastening on to other listeners, who in turn told it to all whom they saw.
