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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 A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
admit
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From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
all
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From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For a very tense moment the two of them, old man and young girl, stared at each other.
back
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From this reading Now he stood back, his face flushed, his two hands on his hips, his beard thrust forward belligerently and fairly seeming to bristle.
beard
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beating
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belligerently
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bristle
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From this reading Now he stood back, his face flushed, his two hands on his hips, his beard thrust forward belligerently and fairly seeming to bristle.
child
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From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
defiantly
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From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading For a very tense moment the two of them, old man and young girl, stared at each other.
enemy
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From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
enemy's
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From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
face
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fairly
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flushed
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From this reading Now he stood back, his face flushed, his two hands on his hips, his beard thrust forward belligerently and fairly seeming to bristle.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now he stood back, his face flushed, his two hands on his hips, his beard thrust forward belligerently and fairly seeming to bristle.
GATE
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From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
girl
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From this reading For a very tense moment the two of them, old man and young girl, stared at each other.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Now he stood back, his face flushed, his two hands on his hips, his beard thrust forward belligerently and fairly seeming to bristle.
hater
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From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
head
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From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
heart
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From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
hips
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From this reading Now he stood back, his face flushed, his two hands on his hips, his beard thrust forward belligerently and fairly seeming to bristle.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
household
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From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
knew
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From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
lifted
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like
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lived
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From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
mad
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maid-servant
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From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
man
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From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
man-servant
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From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
moment
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From this reading For a very tense moment the two of them, old man and young girl, stared at each other.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
Now
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From this reading Now he stood back, his face flushed, his two hands on his hips, his beard thrust forward belligerently and fairly seeming to bristle.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
old
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From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Now he stood back, his face flushed, his two hands on his hips, his beard thrust forward belligerently and fairly seeming to bristle.
other
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From this reading For a very tense moment the two of them, old man and young girl, stared at each other.
Packard
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From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
reason
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RECORD
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From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
Satan
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From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
seeming
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From this reading Now he stood back, his face flushed, his two hands on his hips, his beard thrust forward belligerently and fairly seeming to bristle.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
SMASHED
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spawn
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From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
stared
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From this reading For a very tense moment the two of them, old man and young girl, stared at each other.
stepped
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From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now he stood back, his face flushed, his two hands on his hips, his beard thrust forward belligerently and fairly seeming to bristle.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
suggested
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From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
Temple
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From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
tense
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From this reading For a very tense moment the two of them, old man and young girl, stared at each other.
Terry
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From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading For a very tense moment the two of them, old man and young girl, stared at each other.
thorough-going
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threshold
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thrust
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From this reading Now he stood back, his face flushed, his two hands on his hips, his beard thrust forward belligerently and fairly seeming to bristle.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now he stood back, his face flushed, his two hands on his hips, his beard thrust forward belligerently and fairly seeming to bristle.
two
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From this reading Now he stood back, his face flushed, his two hands on his hips, his beard thrust forward belligerently and fairly seeming to bristle.
very
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From this reading For a very tense moment the two of them, old man and young girl, stared at each other.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Terry Temple, her heart beating like mad all of a sudden and for no reason which she would admit to herself, lifted her head and stepped across the threshold defiantly.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
wife
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From this reading His enemy and all of his enemy's household, wife and child, maid-servant and man-servant were all as the spawn of Satan.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading A GATE AND A RECORD SMASHED The man never yet lived and knew old man Packard who would have suggested that he was not a good and thorough-going hater.
young
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From this reading For a very tense moment the two of them, old man and young girl, stared at each other.
