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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 A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
accident
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From this reading At first it seemed an ordinary, commonplace accident.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
all
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From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
always
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At first it seemed an ordinary, commonplace accident.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At first it seemed an ordinary, commonplace accident.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
Beckett
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From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
Becketts
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
big
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From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
car
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From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
cars
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From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
chauffeur
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
commonplace
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From this reading At first it seemed an ordinary, commonplace accident.
desertedverbUS /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
dog
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From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
down
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From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
exception
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From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At first it seemed an ordinary, commonplace accident.
flat
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From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
halted
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From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
happens
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
how
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
hung
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From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
indispensable
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At first it seemed an ordinary, commonplace accident.
Julian
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
jumped
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
just
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
kind
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
knew
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From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
like
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From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
loud
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From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
minutes
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From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
Morel
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
Mother
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From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
O'Farrell
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
one-legged
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
ordinary
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From this reading At first it seemed an ordinary, commonplace accident.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
out
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
pistol
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From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
remind
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From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
report
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From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At first it seemed an ordinary, commonplace accident.
shot
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From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
small
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From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
sympathy
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From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
tagging
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From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
taxi-cab
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From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
tire
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From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Julian O'Farrell jumped out to help Morel, our one-legged chauffeur, as he always does if anything happens, just to remind the Becketts how kind and indispensable he is.
twenty
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From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
up
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From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We stopped, and the little taxi-cab, tagging on behind like a small dog after a big one, halted in sympathy.
whole
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From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We knew that we should be hung up for a good twenty minutes, so the whole party, with the exception of Mother Beckett and me, deserted the cars.
