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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 summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading As for Florence, after receiving Jeanne’s open-hearted and joyous welcome home, her first thought was of the lady cop.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
atrociousadjectiveUS /əˈtroʊʃəs/
shockingly wicked, cruel, or extremely bad
From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
attempt
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From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
boats
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From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
carefree
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From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
caught
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From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
cop
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From this reading As for Florence, after receiving Jeanne’s open-hearted and joyous welcome home, her first thought was of the lady cop.
dark
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From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
faces
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From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As for Florence, after receiving Jeanne’s open-hearted and joyous welcome home, her first thought was of the lady cop.
Florence
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From this reading As for Florence, after receiving Jeanne’s open-hearted and joyous welcome home, her first thought was of the lady cop.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
girls
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From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
happy
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From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
helped
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From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As for Florence, after receiving Jeanne’s open-hearted and joyous welcome home, her first thought was of the lady cop.
home
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From this reading As for Florence, after receiving Jeanne’s open-hearted and joyous welcome home, her first thought was of the lady cop.
intensely
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From this reading The native population of this Northland is intensely loyal to its own people.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The native population of this Northland is intensely loyal to its own people.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The native population of this Northland is intensely loyal to its own people.
Jeanne's
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From this reading As for Florence, after receiving Jeanne’s open-hearted and joyous welcome home, her first thought was of the lady cop.
joyous
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From this reading As for Florence, after receiving Jeanne’s open-hearted and joyous welcome home, her first thought was of the lady cop.
kidnapping
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From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
lady
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From this reading As for Florence, after receiving Jeanne’s open-hearted and joyous welcome home, her first thought was of the lady cop.
launch
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From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
lives
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From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
looks
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From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
love
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From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
loyal
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From this reading The native population of this Northland is intensely loyal to its own people.
many
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From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
minnows
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From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
native
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From this reading The native population of this Northland is intensely loyal to its own people.
Northland
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From this reading The native population of this Northland is intensely loyal to its own people.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
open-hearted
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From this reading As for Florence, after receiving Jeanne’s open-hearted and joyous welcome home, her first thought was of the lady cop.
own
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From this reading The native population of this Northland is intensely loyal to its own people.
people
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From this reading The native population of this Northland is intensely loyal to its own people.
population
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From this reading The native population of this Northland is intensely loyal to its own people.
receiving
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From this reading As for Florence, after receiving Jeanne’s open-hearted and joyous welcome home, her first thought was of the lady cop.
sojourners
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From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
SomethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something will come of this,” was the word on many a tongue.
spread
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From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
story
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From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
summer
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From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
There
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From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The native population of this Northland is intensely loyal to its own people.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As for Florence, after receiving Jeanne’s open-hearted and joyous welcome home, her first thought was of the lady cop.
Tillie
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From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The native population of this Northland is intensely loyal to its own people.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Something will come of this,” was the word on many a tongue.
too
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From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
two
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From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
village
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From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Something will come of this,” was the word on many a tongue.
welcome
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From this reading As for Florence, after receiving Jeanne’s open-hearted and joyous welcome home, her first thought was of the lady cop.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were dark looks on many faces as the story of the kidnapping of the two girls and the atrocious attempt at their lives spread about the village.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The summer sojourners, too, had come to have a great love for the happy, carefree Tillie, who caught their minnows and helped to launch their boats.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Something will come of this,” was the word on many a tongue.
word
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From this reading “Something will come of this,” was the word on many a tongue.
