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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 Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
accountsnounUS /ˈaccounts/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But accounts varied, reasons were plentiful.
adrift
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From this reading A priest had freighted a kite with all the evil, then cut it adrift in the sky.
air
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
all
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From this reading A priest had freighted a kite with all the evil, then cut it adrift in the sky.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
burnt
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But accounts varied, reasons were plentiful.
charging
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
chow
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
city
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
cold
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
cut
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From this reading A priest had freighted a kite with all the evil, then cut it adrift in the sky.
days
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
down
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
dried
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
driven
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
drowned
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
evil
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From this reading A priest had freighted a kite with all the evil, then cut it adrift in the sky.
few
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
following
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
freighted
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From this reading A priest had freighted a kite with all the evil, then cut it adrift in the sky.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
frozen
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
goblins
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
hacking
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE PAGODA He was spared that inconvenience.
heat
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A priest had freighted a kite with all the evil, then cut it adrift in the sky.
inconvenience
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From this reading THE PAGODA He was spared that inconvenience.
infested
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
inland
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A priest had freighted a kite with all the evil, then cut it adrift in the sky.
kite
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From this reading A priest had freighted a kite with all the evil, then cut it adrift in the sky.
li
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
out
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
PAGODA
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From this reading THE PAGODA He was spared that inconvenience.
peril
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
persons
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
plentiful
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From this reading But accounts varied, reasons were plentiful.
priest
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From this reading A priest had freighted a kite with all the evil, then cut it adrift in the sky.
rain
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
reasonsnounUS /ˈreasons/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But accounts varied, reasons were plentiful.
said
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
seeds
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
shout
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
sky
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From this reading A priest had freighted a kite with all the evil, then cut it adrift in the sky.
slashing
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
Soldiers
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
some
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
spared
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From this reading THE PAGODA He was spared that inconvenience.
streets
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE PAGODA He was spared that inconvenience.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PAGODA He was spared that inconvenience.
then
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From this reading A priest had freighted a kite with all the evil, then cut it adrift in the sky.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
two-score
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
untimely
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From this reading The untimely rain and cold, some persons said, the few days of untimely heat following, had drowned or dried, frozen or burnt out, the seeds of peril.
varied
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From this reading But accounts varied, reasons were plentiful.
victory
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
walls
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From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE PAGODA He was spared that inconvenience.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But accounts varied, reasons were plentiful.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score _li_ inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.
