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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 LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
anticipation
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From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
approached
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From this reading He showed signs of pleasure when McGill approached him with a quart of the mixture, and he gulped it between his huge jaws.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
attitude
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From this reading His attitude was different when he turned to Kazan.
back
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From this reading The little man with the cold blue eyes and the gray-blond hair stroked his back without fear.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading He showed signs of pleasure when McGill approached him with a quart of the mixture, and he gulped it between his huge jaws.
big
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From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
blue
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From this reading The little man with the cold blue eyes and the gray-blond hair stroked his back without fear.
bran
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
chain
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
cold
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From this reading The little man with the cold blue eyes and the gray-blond hair stroked his back without fear.
Dane
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From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His attitude was different when he turned to Kazan.
dozen
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From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
drooling
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From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
end
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
eyes
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From this reading The little man with the cold blue eyes and the gray-blond hair stroked his back without fear.
farther
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
fear
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From this reading The little man with the cold blue eyes and the gray-blond hair stroked his back without fear.
feast
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From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
gray-blond
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From this reading The little man with the cold blue eyes and the gray-blond hair stroked his back without fear.
gulped
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From this reading He showed signs of pleasure when McGill approached him with a quart of the mixture, and he gulped it between his huge jaws.
hair
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From this reading The little man with the cold blue eyes and the gray-blond hair stroked his back without fear.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He showed signs of pleasure when McGill approached him with a quart of the mixture, and he gulped it between his huge jaws.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
huge
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From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He showed signs of pleasure when McGill approached him with a quart of the mixture, and he gulped it between his huge jaws.
jaws
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From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
Kazan
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
LASTnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
lay
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
man
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From this reading The little man with the cold blue eyes and the gray-blond hair stroked his back without fear.
McGill
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
McTRIGGER
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
miles
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
mixing
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
mixture
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From this reading He showed signs of pleasure when McGill approached him with a quart of the mixture, and he gulped it between his huge jaws.
north
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
pail
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
pleasure
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From this reading He showed signs of pleasure when McGill approached him with a quart of the mixture, and he gulped it between his huge jaws.
preparing
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From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
Professor
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
quart
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From this reading He showed signs of pleasure when McGill approached him with a quart of the mixture, and he gulped it between his huge jaws.
showed
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From this reading He showed signs of pleasure when McGill approached him with a quart of the mixture, and he gulped it between his huge jaws.
signs
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From this reading He showed signs of pleasure when McGill approached him with a quart of the mixture, and he gulped it between his huge jaws.
Sixty
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
steel
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
stroked
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From this reading The little man with the cold blue eyes and the gray-blond hair stroked his back without fear.
tallow
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His attitude was different when he turned to Kazan.
turned
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From this reading His attitude was different when he turned to Kazan.
unusual
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From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
watching
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From this reading THE LAST OF McTRIGGER Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his fine steel chain, watching little Professor McGill mixing a pail of tallow and bran.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He showed signs of pleasure when McGill approached him with a quart of the mixture, and he gulped it between his huge jaws.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He showed signs of pleasure when McGill approached him with a quart of the mixture, and he gulped it between his huge jaws.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The little man with the cold blue eyes and the gray-blond hair stroked his back without fear.
yards
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From this reading A dozen yards from him lay the big Dane, his huge jaws drooling in anticipation of the unusual feast which McGill was preparing.
