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abruptly
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From this reading She was just starting, her car gathering speed; seeing him she drew down abruptly.
car
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From this reading She was just starting, her car gathering speed; seeing him she drew down abruptly.
coming
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From this reading Steve Packard, riding into Red Creek, met Terry coming out.
CONFRONTS
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From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
Creek
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From this reading Steve Packard, riding into Red Creek, met Terry coming out.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
die
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From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
down
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From this reading She was just starting, her car gathering speed; seeing him she drew down abruptly.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was just starting, her car gathering speed; seeing him she drew down abruptly.
Father's
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From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
gathering
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From this reading She was just starting, her car gathering speed; seeing him she drew down abruptly.
going
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From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
got
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From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
head
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From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
HELL-FIRE
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From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was just starting, her car gathering speed; seeing him she drew down abruptly.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I won't let him!"
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I won't let him!"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Steve Packard, riding into Red Creek, met Terry coming out.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
just
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From this reading She was just starting, her car gathering speed; seeing him she drew down abruptly.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I won't let him!"
met
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From this reading Steve Packard, riding into Red Creek, met Terry coming out.
out
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From this reading Steve Packard, riding into Red Creek, met Terry coming out.
PACKARD
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From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
Red
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From this reading Steve Packard, riding into Red Creek, met Terry coming out.
riding
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From this reading Steve Packard, riding into Red Creek, met Terry coming out.
seeing
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From this reading She was just starting, her car gathering speed; seeing him she drew down abruptly.
sha'n't
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From this reading "He sha'n't.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was just starting, her car gathering speed; seeing him she drew down abruptly.
speed
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From this reading She was just starting, her car gathering speed; seeing him she drew down abruptly.
starting
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From this reading She was just starting, her car gathering speed; seeing him she drew down abruptly.
Steve
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From this reading Steve Packard, riding into Red Creek, met Terry coming out.
TERRY
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From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TERRY CONFRONTS HELL-FIRE PACKARD "Father's got it in his head he is going to die!" cried Terry.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was just starting, her car gathering speed; seeing him she drew down abruptly.
won't
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From this reading I won't let him!"