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101st
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From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
accompanied
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From this reading Suddenly a woman burst into the shed, as if she had been blown in, accompanied by a shower of rain-drops.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
Alexandra
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From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Suddenly a woman burst into the shed, as if she had been blown in, accompanied by a shower of rain-drops.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
barn
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From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Suddenly a woman burst into the shed, as if she had been blown in, accompanied by a shower of rain-drops.
bench
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From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
black
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From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
blown
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From this reading Suddenly a woman burst into the shed, as if she had been blown in, accompanied by a shower of rain-drops.
boots
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From this reading It was Signa, wrapped in a man’s overcoat and wearing a pair of boots over her shoes.
bringing
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From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
buffalo-skin
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From this reading The old man wore his buffalo-skin coat, and occasionally stopped to warm his fingers at the lantern.
burst
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From this reading Suddenly a woman burst into the shed, as if she had been blown in, accompanied by a shower of rain-drops.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
clouds
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From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
coat
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From this reading The old man wore his buffalo-skin coat, and occasionally stopped to warm his fingers at the lantern.
cobbler's
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From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
cold
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From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
day
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From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
fingers
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From this reading The old man wore his buffalo-skin coat, and occasionally stopped to warm his fingers at the lantern.
five
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From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
harness
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From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was Signa, wrapped in a man’s overcoat and wearing a pair of boots over her shoes.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The old man wore his buffalo-skin coat, and occasionally stopped to warm his fingers at the lantern.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Suddenly a woman burst into the shed, as if she had been blown in, accompanied by a shower of rain-drops.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Suddenly a woman burst into the shed, as if she had been blown in, accompanied by a shower of rain-drops.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
Ivar
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From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
lantern
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From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
light
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From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
man
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From this reading The old man wore his buffalo-skin coat, and occasionally stopped to warm his fingers at the lantern.
man's
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From this reading It was Signa, wrapped in a man’s overcoat and wearing a pair of boots over her shoes.
mending
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From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
mid-October
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o'clock
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From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
occasionally
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From this reading The old man wore his buffalo-skin coat, and occasionally stopped to warm his fingers at the lantern.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
old
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From this reading The old man wore his buffalo-skin coat, and occasionally stopped to warm his fingers at the lantern.
only
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From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It was Signa, wrapped in a man’s overcoat and wearing a pair of boots over her shoes.
overcoat
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From this reading It was Signa, wrapped in a man’s overcoat and wearing a pair of boots over her shoes.
pair
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From this reading It was Signa, wrapped in a man’s overcoat and wearing a pair of boots over her shoes.
Psalm
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From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
rain
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From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
rain-drops
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From this reading Suddenly a woman burst into the shed, as if she had been blown in, accompanied by a shower of rain-drops.
repeating
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From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Suddenly a woman burst into the shed, as if she had been blown in, accompanied by a shower of rain-drops.
shed
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From this reading Suddenly a woman burst into the shed, as if she had been blown in, accompanied by a shower of rain-drops.
shoes
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From this reading It was Signa, wrapped in a man’s overcoat and wearing a pair of boots over her shoes.
shower
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From this reading Suddenly a woman burst into the shed, as if she had been blown in, accompanied by a shower of rain-drops.
Signa
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From this reading It was Signa, wrapped in a man’s overcoat and wearing a pair of boots over her shoes.
sitting
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From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old man wore his buffalo-skin coat, and occasionally stopped to warm his fingers at the lantern.
storm
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From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
SuddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly a woman burst into the shed, as if she had been blown in, accompanied by a shower of rain-drops.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
torrents
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From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
up
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From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
warm
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From this reading The old man wore his buffalo-skin coat, and occasionally stopped to warm his fingers at the lantern.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Alexandra I Ivar was sitting at a cobbler’s bench in the barn, mending harness by the light of a lantern and repeating to himself the 101st Psalm.
wearing
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From this reading It was Signa, wrapped in a man’s overcoat and wearing a pair of boots over her shoes.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was only five o’clock of a mid-October day, but a storm had come up in the afternoon, bringing black clouds, a cold wind and torrents of rain.
woman
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From this reading Suddenly a woman burst into the shed, as if she had been blown in, accompanied by a shower of rain-drops.
wore
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From this reading The old man wore his buffalo-skin coat, and occasionally stopped to warm his fingers at the lantern.
wrapped
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From this reading It was Signa, wrapped in a man’s overcoat and wearing a pair of boots over her shoes.
