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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 Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
adventure
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
all
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From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
ambitious
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
amusing
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
anywhere
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From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
ate
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From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
back
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
became
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
classes
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
comfortable
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
dark
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From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
day
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
deeply
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
deer
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
description
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
devote
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
Duke
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From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
easy-chair
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
entertained
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
equations
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
evening
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
exciting
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
fall
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
feet
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
fellows
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From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
fire
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
glowingnounUS /ˈglowing/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
go
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
happened
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
happier
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From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
hard
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
headquarters
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From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
Herbert
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From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
hero
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
home
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From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
house
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From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
hunt
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
incidents
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
Indians
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
intended
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
interested
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
made
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
Mark
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
night
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From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
out
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
pass
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From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
philosophynounUS /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
picked
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
portion
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
position
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
prepared
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From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
problem
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
quadratic
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
related
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From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
Sandy
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From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
sat
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From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
school
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
seen
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From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
settled
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
shortly
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From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
slippered
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
soon
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
spring
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
started
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From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
study
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
supper
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From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
table
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From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
thrust
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From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
too
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From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
up
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From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Duke, Herbert and Sandy started for home shortly after dark, and Mark and I went up to headquarters and prepared to pass the evening with our books.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We intended to go back to school in the spring, and as we were too ambitious to fall behind our classes, we made it a point to devote a portion of each day to good hard study.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Our fellows all ate supper at our house that night, and a happier party than that which sat at our table was never seen anywhere.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading I picked up my philosophy; while Mark settled into a comfortable position in his easy-chair, thrust his slippered feet out toward the fire, and soon became deeply interested in a problem in quadratic equations.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mark was the hero of the evening, and after he had entertained us with a glowing description of his adventure with the Indians, we related to him the exciting and amusing incidents that had happened during our deer hunt.
