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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 third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
ago
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From this reading That was yesterday, as I write, and already it seems long ago!
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was yesterday, as I write, and already it seems long ago!
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That was yesterday, as I write, and already it seems long ago!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That was yesterday, as I write, and already it seems long ago!
astonishingly
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From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
automobiles
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From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
belonged
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From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
biggest
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From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
call
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From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
car
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From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
Dierdre
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From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
Dombasle
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From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
driven
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From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
elusive
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From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
gray
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From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
huge
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From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That was yesterday, as I write, and already it seems long ago!
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That was yesterday, as I write, and already it seems long ago!
leaving
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From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was yesterday, as I write, and already it seems long ago!
looking
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From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
Luneville
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From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
military
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From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
minor
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From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
Nancy
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From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
O'Farrell
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From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
orders
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From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
out
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From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
perhaps
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From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
Prefet
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From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
presently
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From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
pyramids
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From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
road
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From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
rubble-heaps
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From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
salt-works
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From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
see
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From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
seems
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From this reading That was yesterday, as I write, and already it seems long ago!
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
sights
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From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
soldier
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From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
south
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From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
strong
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From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
tall
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From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was yesterday, as I write, and already it seems long ago!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
three
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From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
town
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From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
turned
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From this reading We turned south, leaving town, and presently passed--at Dombasle--astonishingly huge salt-works, with rubble-heaps tall as minor pyramids.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
uniform
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From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was yesterday, as I write, and already it seems long ago!
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading We were three automobiles strong when we went out of Nancy, along what they call the "Luneville road."
wished
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From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The third and biggest car belonged to the Prefet; gray and military looking, driven by a soldier in uniform; and this time Dierdre O'Farrell was with us.
wondering
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From this reading I was wondering if she went "under orders," or if she wished to see the sights we were to see--among them, perhaps, her elusive doctor!
write
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From this reading That was yesterday, as I write, and already it seems long ago!
yesterday
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From this reading That was yesterday, as I write, and already it seems long ago!
