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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 If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
ax
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From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
Bell
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From this reading Bell sprang to me, lifting my head, and his face looked as white as a woman's.
belt
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
butt
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From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
caught
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From this reading Yet I knew something of what occurred, heard voices, caught dimly the movement of figures.
clutching
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
consciousness
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From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
dimly
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From this reading Yet I knew something of what occurred, heard voices, caught dimly the movement of figures.
down
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From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
effort
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
empty
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
end
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
eyes
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From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
face
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From this reading Bell sprang to me, lifting my head, and his face looked as white as a woman's.
fairly
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From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
felled
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From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
figures
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From this reading Yet I knew something of what occurred, heard voices, caught dimly the movement of figures.
follow
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
Gaire
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
giddily
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From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
Hardy
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
head
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From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
heard
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From this reading Yet I knew something of what occurred, heard voices, caught dimly the movement of figures.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
knew
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From this reading Yet I knew something of what occurred, heard voices, caught dimly the movement of figures.
Le
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
lifting
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From this reading Bell sprang to me, lifting my head, and his face looked as white as a woman's.
like
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bell sprang to me, lifting my head, and his face looked as white as a woman's.
lost
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From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
made
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
MISS
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From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
moment
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From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
more
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From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
movement
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From this reading Yet I knew something of what occurred, heard voices, caught dimly the movement of figures.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
occurred
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From this reading Yet I knew something of what occurred, heard voices, caught dimly the movement of figures.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet I knew something of what occurred, heard voices, caught dimly the movement of figures.
ran
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
reeledverbUS /riːld/
moved unsteadily as if about to fall
From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
rounding
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
scarcely
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From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Yet I knew something of what occurred, heard voices, caught dimly the movement of figures.
sprang
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From this reading Bell sprang to me, lifting my head, and his face looked as white as a woman's.
stable
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
streamed
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From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
SURPRISES
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From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
swearing
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading If I lost consciousness it could have been for scarcely more than a moment, but blood streamed into my eyes, and my head reeled giddily.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
trooper
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
USpronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
voices
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From this reading Yet I knew something of what occurred, heard voices, caught dimly the movement of figures.
weapon
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From this reading Le Gaire ran, rounding the end of the stable, and Hardy, swearing like a trooper, clutching at his empty belt for a weapon, made an effort to follow.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Yet I knew something of what occurred, heard voices, caught dimly the movement of figures.
white
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From this reading Bell sprang to me, lifting my head, and his face looked as white as a woman's.
WILLIFRED
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From this reading MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US The butt struck me fairly, and I went down as though felled by an ax.
woman's
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From this reading Bell sprang to me, lifting my head, and his face looked as white as a woman's.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet I knew something of what occurred, heard voices, caught dimly the movement of figures.
