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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 As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Exhausted by his effort, he fell back on the straw and dropped asleep again.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
any
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From this reading Into his feelings I shall not enter at any length; I leave that to Roger Scurvilegs.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
asleep
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From this reading Exhausted by his effort, he fell back on the straw and dropped asleep again.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Into his feelings I shall not enter at any length; I leave that to Roger Scurvilegs.
attendant
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From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
awake
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From this reading It was nearly an hour later that he became properly awake.
awakened
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From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
back
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From this reading Exhausted by his effort, he fell back on the straw and dropped asleep again.
became
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From this reading It was nearly an hour later that he became properly awake.
BELVANE
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From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
bill
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
Bo
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
bole
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
boll
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
bran-mash
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From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
bring
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From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Exhausted by his effort, he fell back on the straw and dropped asleep again.
chance
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
dropped
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From this reading Exhausted by his effort, he fell back on the straw and dropped asleep again.
early
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From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
effort
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From this reading Exhausted by his effort, he fell back on the straw and dropped asleep again.
ENJOYS
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From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
enter
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From this reading Into his feelings I shall not enter at any length; I leave that to Roger Scurvilegs.
entrance
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From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
Exhausted
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From this reading Exhausted by his effort, he fell back on the straw and dropped asleep again.
feelings
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From this reading Into his feelings I shall not enter at any length; I leave that to Roger Scurvilegs.
fell
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From this reading Exhausted by his effort, he fell back on the straw and dropped asleep again.
felt
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
gone
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
HERSELFpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
hour
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From this reading It was nearly an hour later that he became properly awake.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Into his feelings I shall not enter at any length; I leave that to Roger Scurvilegs.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
jumped
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
later
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From this reading It was nearly an hour later that he became properly awake.
leave
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From this reading Into his feelings I shall not enter at any length; I leave that to Roger Scurvilegs.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading Into his feelings I shall not enter at any length; I leave that to Roger Scurvilegs.
longing
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
nearly
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From this reading It was nearly an hour later that he became properly awake.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Into his feelings I shall not enter at any length; I leave that to Roger Scurvilegs.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Exhausted by his effort, he fell back on the straw and dropped asleep again.
passion
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
properly
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From this reading It was nearly an hour later that he became properly awake.
Roger
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From this reading Into his feelings I shall not enter at any length; I leave that to Roger Scurvilegs.
room
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From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
said
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
Scurvilegs
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From this reading Into his feelings I shall not enter at any length; I leave that to Roger Scurvilegs.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Into his feelings I shall not enter at any length; I leave that to Roger Scurvilegs.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
shook
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
soon
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
straw
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
Udo
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From this reading BELVANE ENJOYS HERSELF The entrance of an attendant into his room that morning to bring him his early bran-mash had awakened Udo.
up
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
very
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
Wo
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
wole
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
woll
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From this reading As soon as she was gone he jumped up, shook the straw from himself, and said in a very passion of longing, _Bo, boll, bill, bole._ _Wo, woll, will, wole._ He felt it was his last chance.
