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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
air
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
away
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he scarcely seemed to feel the painful steps of the journey he was making, so full was his mind of little Gip.
children
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
cold
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
creep
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
crutches
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
dark
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
days
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
down
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
ebbing
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
fairly
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
Father's
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
feel
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From this reading But he scarcely seemed to feel the painful steps of the journey he was making, so full was his mind of little Gip.
filled
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
full
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From this reading But he scarcely seemed to feel the painful steps of the journey he was making, so full was his mind of little Gip.
Gip
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From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
going
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
gone
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
grave
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
house
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
how
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From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
John
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From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
JOHNNY'S
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From this reading JOHNNY'S SUNDAY SUIT.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But he scarcely seemed to feel the painful steps of the journey he was making, so full was his mind of little Gip.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
longer
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
looking
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
making
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From this reading But he scarcely seemed to feel the painful steps of the journey he was making, so full was his mind of little Gip.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
numbers
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
painful
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From this reading But he scarcely seemed to feel the painful steps of the journey he was making, so full was his mind of little Gip.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
possession
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From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
ragged
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
reach
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
remaining
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
scarcely
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From this reading But he scarcely seemed to feel the painful steps of the journey he was making, so full was his mind of little Gip.
search
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But he scarcely seemed to feel the painful steps of the journey he was making, so full was his mind of little Gip.
set
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
Shafto's
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From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
slowly
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But he scarcely seemed to feel the painful steps of the journey he was making, so full was his mind of little Gip.
steps
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From this reading But he scarcely seemed to feel the painful steps of the journey he was making, so full was his mind of little Gip.
strange
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From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
streets
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
SUIT
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From this reading JOHNNY'S SUNDAY SUIT.
summer
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
SUNDAY
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From this reading JOHNNY'S SUNDAY SUIT.
surely
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
warmth
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From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IT was strange how the thought of little Gip took possession of John Shafto's mind.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
winter
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
wistfully
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From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The winter days, dark and cold, had fairly set in, and he could not creep along the streets with his crutches, looking wistfully at the ragged children whom he found in numbers about them.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet if the summer warmth had filled the air, he could no longer have gone in search of her, for the little strength remaining to him was slowly ebbing away; and he was surely going down to the grave, the dark passage through which he was to reach his Father's house beyond.
