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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 In the hall we part without a word, and I, spiritlessly, mount the staircase alone.
ado
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
all
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the hall we part without a word, and I, spiritlessly, mount the staircase alone.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the hall we part without a word, and I, spiritlessly, mount the staircase alone.
any
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From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
banisters
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
bedroom
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From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
brook
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From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Yea, by God's rood, I trusted you too well!"
chair
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From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
crawl
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From this reading Now I crawl up, like some sickly old person.
dangerous
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
down
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
flew
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
God's
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From this reading "Yea, by God's rood, I trusted you too well!"
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
hall
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From this reading In the hall we part without a word, and I, spiritlessly, mount the staircase alone.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
hinder
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
home
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
How
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yea, by God's rood, I trusted you too well!"
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the hall we part without a word, and I, spiritlessly, mount the staircase alone.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
joy
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
lie
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From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
like
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From this reading Now I crawl up, like some sickly old person.
log
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From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
mount
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From this reading In the hall we part without a word, and I, spiritlessly, mount the staircase alone.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
Now
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From this reading Now I crawl up, like some sickly old person.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
often
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
old
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From this reading Now I crawl up, like some sickly old person.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the hall we part without a word, and I, spiritlessly, mount the staircase alone.
person
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From this reading Now I crawl up, like some sickly old person.
quiet
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From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
reach
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From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
rood
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From this reading "Yea, by God's rood, I trusted you too well!"
sickly
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From this reading Now I crawl up, like some sickly old person.
sliding
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
some
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
spiritlessly
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From this reading In the hall we part without a word, and I, spiritlessly, mount the staircase alone.
staircase
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From this reading In the hall we part without a word, and I, spiritlessly, mount the staircase alone.
Stayed
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From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
steps
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the hall we part without a word, and I, spiritlessly, mount the staircase alone.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
three
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From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
throw
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From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
too
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From this reading "Yea, by God's rood, I trusted you too well!"
trusted
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From this reading "Yea, by God's rood, I trusted you too well!"
up
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From this reading Now I crawl up, like some sickly old person.
wandering
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From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
warble
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From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
water-sodden
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From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In the hall we part without a word, and I, spiritlessly, mount the staircase alone.
well
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From this reading "Yea, by God's rood, I trusted you too well!"
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When I reach my bedroom, I throw myself into the first chair, and lie in it-- "... quiet as any water-sodden log Stayed in the wandering warble of a brook."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading How I flew down it this morning, three steps at a time, and had some ado to hinder myself from sliding down the banisters, as we have all often, with dangerous joy, done at home!
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading In the hall we part without a word, and I, spiritlessly, mount the staircase alone.
word
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From this reading In the hall we part without a word, and I, spiritlessly, mount the staircase alone.
YeaexclamationUS /jeɪ/
an old word for “yes”
From this reading "Yea, by God's rood, I trusted you too well!"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Yea, by God's rood, I trusted you too well!"
