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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 A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
air
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
American
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
arms
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
auto
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
back
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From this reading “You have to go back, You have to go back, You have to go back.”
barn
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From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
boards
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From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
bridge
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
by-road
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
called
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
cheery
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
chirped
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
clear
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From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
containing
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
countryside
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From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
covered
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
cricket
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
dark
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
discordant
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From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
Ebenezer
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
echoing
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From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
failure
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
familiar
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
Farm
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
girl
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
go
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From this reading “You have to go back, You have to go back, You have to go back.”
grinding
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You have to go back, You have to go back, You have to go back.”
heedless
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
highway
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
homely
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From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
horses
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From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
impending
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
interval
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
Journal
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
joy
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
katydid
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
kerosene
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
kicking
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From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
kitchen
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
lamp-lighted
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
latest
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
load
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
loose
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
merry
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
music
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From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
nearby
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
night
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
obscure
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
old
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
out
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
pavilion
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
Pee-wee
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
Pepsy
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
perhaps
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
planks
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
popular
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
preferred
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
rattling
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
read
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
red
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
red-headed
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remote
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
riders
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roadside
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
scene
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
shack
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
sitting
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
smelling
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
somewhere
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
song
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From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
sound
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From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
sounded
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From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
speeding
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
spread
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
SuddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
table
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
TAIL-LIGHT
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
Uncle
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
VOICE
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From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A cheery little cricket chirped somewhere in this scene of impending failure; nearby a katydid was grinding out her old familiar song as if it were the latest popular air.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading THE VOICE OF THE TAIL-LIGHT One night after dark, Pepsy and Pee-wee were sitting in their little roadside pavilion because they preferred it to the lamp-lighted kitchen smelling of kerosene where Uncle Ebenezer read the _American Farm Journal_, his arms spread on the red covered table.
woodland
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From this reading Suddenly a speeding auto, containing perhaps its load of merry, heedless joy riders, went rattling over the old bridge along the highway and the loose planks called out across the interval of woodland to the little red-headed girl in this remote shack along the obscure by-road.
yard
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From this reading In the barn across the yard the discordant sound of the horses kicking the echoing boards sounded clear in the still night and seemed a part of the homely music of the countryside.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You have to go back, You have to go back, You have to go back.”
