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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 girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
arm
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From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
Belinda
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From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
burden
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From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
came
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From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
closing
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From this reading Darkness was closing in upon them.
conicalnounUS /ˈconical/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
Customs
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From this reading She walked, fast and erect, with a swaying of her hips, exchanging rough jests with the Gendarmes at the Customs.
Darkness
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From this reading Darkness was closing in upon them.
donkeys
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From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
down
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From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
driver
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From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
dusk
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From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
erect
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From this reading She walked, fast and erect, with a swaying of her hips, exchanging rough jests with the Gendarmes at the Customs.
exchanging
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From this reading She walked, fast and erect, with a swaying of her hips, exchanging rough jests with the Gendarmes at the Customs.
fast
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From this reading She walked, fast and erect, with a swaying of her hips, exchanging rough jests with the Gendarmes at the Customs.
figures
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From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
flicked
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From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
flower
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From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
front
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From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
gait
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From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
Gendarmes
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From this reading She walked, fast and erect, with a swaying of her hips, exchanging rough jests with the Gendarmes at the Customs.
girl
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From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
hanging
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From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
hat
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From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
haunches
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From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
heights
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From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
hill
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From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
hips
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From this reading She walked, fast and erect, with a swaying of her hips, exchanging rough jests with the Gendarmes at the Customs.
homewards
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From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Darkness was closing in upon them.
irregular
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From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
jests
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From this reading She walked, fast and erect, with a swaying of her hips, exchanging rough jests with the Gendarmes at the Customs.
jingled
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From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
lean
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From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
Louis
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From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
Mentonese
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From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
mouth
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From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
Pont
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From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
relievednounUS /ˈrelieved/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
road
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From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
rough
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From this reading She walked, fast and erect, with a swaying of her hips, exchanging rough jests with the Gendarmes at the Customs.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She walked, fast and erect, with a swaying of her hips, exchanging rough jests with the Gendarmes at the Customs.
slowly
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From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
St
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From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
swaying
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From this reading She walked, fast and erect, with a swaying of her hips, exchanging rough jests with the Gendarmes at the Customs.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Darkness was closing in upon them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
Two
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From this reading Two figures came slowly down the hill from the heights of Belinda to the Pont St. Louis.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Darkness was closing in upon them.
vanishing
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From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
walked
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From this reading She walked, fast and erect, with a swaying of her hips, exchanging rough jests with the Gendarmes at the Customs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Darkness was closing in upon them.
whip
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From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
white
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From this reading In front, vanishing in the dusk along the white road, their donkeys, relieved of burden, jingled homewards at an irregular gait.
wide
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From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The girl driver, her wide, conical Mentonese hat hanging over her arm, and a flower in her mouth, flicked their lean haunches with her whip.
