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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she went outside again and looked.
alight
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From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
all
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From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
asleep
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From this reading From time to time she listened to the sonorous and unequal snoring of the four soldiers who were fast asleep.
back
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
barefoot
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From this reading She went barefoot in the snow, so softly that no sound was heard.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
bundles
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
closed
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
door
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
fast
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From this reading From time to time she listened to the sonorous and unequal snoring of the four soldiers who were fast asleep.
filled
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
fireplace
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From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
four
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From this reading From time to time she listened to the sonorous and unequal snoring of the four soldiers who were fast asleep.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From time to time she listened to the sonorous and unequal snoring of the four soldiers who were fast asleep.
heard
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From this reading She went barefoot in the snow, so softly that no sound was heard.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She went barefoot in the snow, so softly that no sound was heard.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
judged
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From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
kitchen
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
ladder
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
listened
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From this reading From time to time she listened to the sonorous and unequal snoring of the four soldiers who were fast asleep.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she went outside again and looked.
more
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She went barefoot in the snow, so softly that no sound was heard.
noiselessly
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
old
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
opened
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
others
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From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
preparations
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From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
removed
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
scattered
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From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
snoring
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From this reading From time to time she listened to the sonorous and unequal snoring of the four soldiers who were fast asleep.
snow
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From this reading She went barefoot in the snow, so softly that no sound was heard.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She went barefoot in the snow, so softly that no sound was heard.
softly
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From this reading She went barefoot in the snow, so softly that no sound was heard.
soldiers
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From this reading From time to time she listened to the sonorous and unequal snoring of the four soldiers who were fast asleep.
sonorous
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From this reading From time to time she listened to the sonorous and unequal snoring of the four soldiers who were fast asleep.
soon
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
sound
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From this reading She went barefoot in the snow, so softly that no sound was heard.
straw
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
sufficient
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From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She went barefoot in the snow, so softly that no sound was heard.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
then
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
threw
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From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From time to time she listened to the sonorous and unequal snoring of the four soldiers who were fast asleep.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
trapdoor
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
unequal
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From this reading From time to time she listened to the sonorous and unequal snoring of the four soldiers who were fast asleep.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She went barefoot in the snow, so softly that no sound was heard.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading From time to time she listened to the sonorous and unequal snoring of the four soldiers who were fast asleep.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When she judged her preparations to be sufficient, she threw one of the bundles into the fireplace, and when it was alight she scattered it over all the others.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading From time to time she listened to the sonorous and unequal snoring of the four soldiers who were fast asleep.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
woman
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From this reading As soon as they closed the trapdoor the old woman removed the ladder, then opened the outside door noiselessly and went back to look for more bundles of straw, with which she filled her kitchen.
