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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 She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
aboard
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From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
away
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From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
back
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From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
bank
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From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading ‘I have been risking my life every day for the last fortnight to keep her out of the house.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
bushes
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From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
clothes
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From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
day
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From this reading ‘I have been risking my life every day for the last fortnight to keep her out of the house.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
dusk
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From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading ‘I have been risking my life every day for the last fortnight to keep her out of the house.
eyes
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From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
following
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From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ‘I have been risking my life every day for the last fortnight to keep her out of the house.
fortnight
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From this reading ‘I have been risking my life every day for the last fortnight to keep her out of the house.
gleamed
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From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
got
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From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
house
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From this reading ‘I have been risking my life every day for the last fortnight to keep her out of the house.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
keep
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From this reading ‘I have been risking my life every day for the last fortnight to keep her out of the house.
kicked
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From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I have been risking my life every day for the last fortnight to keep her out of the house.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I have been risking my life every day for the last fortnight to keep her out of the house.
man
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From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
mend
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From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
miserable
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From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘I have been risking my life every day for the last fortnight to keep her out of the house.
nervously
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From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
offered
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From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
Once
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From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
only
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From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
out
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From this reading ‘I have been risking my life every day for the last fortnight to keep her out of the house.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
patches
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From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
picked
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From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
rags
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From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
really
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From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
risking
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From this reading ‘I have been risking my life every day for the last fortnight to keep her out of the house.
row
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From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
said
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From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
shoot
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From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
slowly
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From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
storeroom
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From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
thickets
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From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
tried
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From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
turned
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From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
up
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From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Once only her eyes gleamed back at us in the dusk of the thickets before she disappeared.
walked
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From this reading “She turned away slowly, walked on, following the bank, and passed into the bushes to the left.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She got in one day and kicked up a row about those miserable rags I picked up in the storeroom to mend my clothes with.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.
