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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 Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
absence
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From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
arms
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From this reading This time I succeeded (being the shorter man of the two) in slipping through his arms in the nick of time.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
attempts
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From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before she could say a word, her face told me the joyful news.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading This time I succeeded (being the shorter man of the two) in slipping through his arms in the nick of time.
burst
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From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
calculation
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From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
congratulate
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From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
correct
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From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Before she could say a word, her face told me the joyful news.
day
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From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
desperate
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From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
door
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From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
embracing
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From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
face
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Fritz
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From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
hall
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From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
headlong
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From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Before she could say a word, her face told me the joyful news.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
house
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From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
joyful
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From this reading Before she could say a word, her face told me the joyful news.
made
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From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
Main
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From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
man
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From this reading This time I succeeded (being the shorter man of the two) in slipping through his arms in the nick of time.
matter
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From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
Minna
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From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
news
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From this reading Before she could say a word, her face told me the joyful news.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
nick
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From this reading This time I succeeded (being the shorter man of the two) in slipping through his arms in the nick of time.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Before I could congratulate her, Fritz himself burst headlong into the hall, and made one of his desperate attempts at embracing me.
opened
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From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
out
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From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
possibilities
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From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
precipitately
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From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
Returning
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From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
say
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From this reading Before she could say a word, her face told me the joyful news.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Before she could say a word, her face told me the joyful news.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
shorter
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From this reading This time I succeeded (being the shorter man of the two) in slipping through his arms in the nick of time.
slipping
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From this reading This time I succeeded (being the shorter man of the two) in slipping through his arms in the nick of time.
Street
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From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
succeeded
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From this reading This time I succeeded (being the shorter man of the two) in slipping through his arms in the nick of time.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This time I succeeded (being the shorter man of the two) in slipping through his arms in the nick of time.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This time I succeeded (being the shorter man of the two) in slipping through his arms in the nick of time.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This time I succeeded (being the shorter man of the two) in slipping through his arms in the nick of time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before she could say a word, her face told me the joyful news.
turned
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From this reading The next day, my calculation of possibilities in the matter of Fritz turned out to be correct.
two
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From this reading This time I succeeded (being the shorter man of the two) in slipping through his arms in the nick of time.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Returning to Main Street, after a short absence from the house, the door was precipitately opened to me by Minna.
word
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From this reading Before she could say a word, her face told me the joyful news.
