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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 There was not timber enough left from the old bridge to kindle a scout camp-fire.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Under the gaping space of disconnected road the stream flowed placidly, uninterrupted by all the recent hubbub above it.
all
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From this reading Under the gaping space of disconnected road the stream flowed placidly, uninterrupted by all the recent hubbub above it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
any
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
back
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
bends
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
bridge
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From this reading There was not timber enough left from the old bridge to kindle a scout camp-fire.
burliest
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
Burnside
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
camp-fire
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From this reading There was not timber enough left from the old bridge to kindle a scout camp-fire.
carried
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
charred
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
conflagration
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
countryside
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
coves
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
disconnected
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From this reading Under the gaping space of disconnected road the stream flowed placidly, uninterrupted by all the recent hubbub above it.
down
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
drifting
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
dwellers
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
enough
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From this reading There was not timber enough left from the old bridge to kindle a scout camp-fire.
event
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
farm
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
few
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
firemen
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
floating
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
flowed
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From this reading Under the gaping space of disconnected road the stream flowed placidly, uninterrupted by all the recent hubbub above it.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was not timber enough left from the old bridge to kindle a scout camp-fire.
fugitive
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
gapingadjectiveUS /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/
wide open
From this reading Under the gaping space of disconnected road the stream flowed placidly, uninterrupted by all the recent hubbub above it.
gone
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
HAND
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
heartiest
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
height
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
highway
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From this reading The straight highway looked strange without the bridge.
history
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
hubbub
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From this reading Under the gaping space of disconnected road the stream flowed placidly, uninterrupted by all the recent hubbub above it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
item
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
Joey
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
kindle
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From this reading There was not timber enough left from the old bridge to kindle a scout camp-fire.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was not timber enough left from the old bridge to kindle a scout camp-fire.
lodging
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The straight highway looked strange without the bridge.
memorials
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
more
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
neighborhood
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was not timber enough left from the old bridge to kindle a scout camp-fire.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
old
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From this reading There was not timber enough left from the old bridge to kindle a scout camp-fire.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
other
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
Pepsy
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
placidly
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From this reading Under the gaping space of disconnected road the stream flowed placidly, uninterrupted by all the recent hubbub above it.
recent
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From this reading Under the gaping space of disconnected road the stream flowed placidly, uninterrupted by all the recent hubbub above it.
remnants
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
river's
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
riverside
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
road
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From this reading Under the gaping space of disconnected road the stream flowed placidly, uninterrupted by all the recent hubbub above it.
scout
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From this reading There was not timber enough left from the old bridge to kindle a scout camp-fire.
shown
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
space
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From this reading Under the gaping space of disconnected road the stream flowed placidly, uninterrupted by all the recent hubbub above it.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
stirred
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
STOCK
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
straight
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From this reading The straight highway looked strange without the bridge.
strange
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From this reading The straight highway looked strange without the bridge.
stream
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
There
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From this reading There was not timber enough left from the old bridge to kindle a scout camp-fire.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
timber
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From this reading There was not timber enough left from the old bridge to kindle a scout camp-fire.
tiny
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From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
UnderprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Under the gaping space of disconnected road the stream flowed placidly, uninterrupted by all the recent hubbub above it.
uninterrupted
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From this reading Under the gaping space of disconnected road the stream flowed placidly, uninterrupted by all the recent hubbub above it.
volunteer
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A few charred remnants had gone floating down the stream and these fugitive remnants drifting into tiny coves and lodging in the river’s bends were shown by the riverside dwellers as memorials of the event which had stirred the countryside more than any other item of neighborhood history.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The straight highway looked strange without the bridge.
woods
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From this reading STOCK ON HAND It was Joey Burnside, the burliest and heartiest of the volunteer firemen, who carried Pepsy back through the woods to the farm while still the conflagration was at its height.
