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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 PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
advancing
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sequestered, overgrown road, with its intertwined and overarching boughs, was become a surging thoroughfare.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
aside
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
automobile
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The world seemed to be making a pathway, or rather a highway, to Pee-wee’s door.
become
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From this reading The sequestered, overgrown road, with its intertwined and overarching boughs, was become a surging thoroughfare.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Not far behind it he could hear other cars grinding along that impossible road in second gear.
birds
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From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
boughs
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From this reading The sequestered, overgrown road, with its intertwined and overarching boughs, was become a surging thoroughfare.
brushing
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
cars
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From this reading Not far behind it he could hear other cars grinding along that impossible road in second gear.
coming
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
complained
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From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Not far behind it he could hear other cars grinding along that impossible road in second gear.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
domains
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From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
door
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From this reading The world seemed to be making a pathway, or rather a highway, to Pee-wee’s door.
far
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From this reading Not far behind it he could hear other cars grinding along that impossible road in second gear.
foliage
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
formally
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From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
frantic
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
FULL
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
gear
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From this reading Not far behind it he could hear other cars grinding along that impossible road in second gear.
grinding
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From this reading Not far behind it he could hear other cars grinding along that impossible road in second gear.
haunts
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From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not far behind it he could hear other cars grinding along that impossible road in second gear.
highway
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From this reading The world seemed to be making a pathway, or rather a highway, to Pee-wee’s door.
house
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
impossible
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From this reading Not far behind it he could hear other cars grinding along that impossible road in second gear.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
intertwined
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From this reading The sequestered, overgrown road, with its intertwined and overarching boughs, was become a surging thoroughfare.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
intrusion
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From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Not far behind it he could hear other cars grinding along that impossible road in second gear.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The sequestered, overgrown road, with its intertwined and overarching boughs, was become a surging thoroughfare.
just
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
making
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From this reading The world seemed to be making a pathway, or rather a highway, to Pee-wee’s door.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not far behind it he could hear other cars grinding along that impossible road in second gear.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The world seemed to be making a pathway, or rather a highway, to Pee-wee’s door.
other
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From this reading Not far behind it he could hear other cars grinding along that impossible road in second gear.
overarching
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From this reading The sequestered, overgrown road, with its intertwined and overarching boughs, was become a surging thoroughfare.
overgrown
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From this reading The sequestered, overgrown road, with its intertwined and overarching boughs, was become a surging thoroughfare.
PAID
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
pathway
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From this reading The world seemed to be making a pathway, or rather a highway, to Pee-wee’s door.
Pee-wee
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
Pee-wee's
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From this reading The world seemed to be making a pathway, or rather a highway, to Pee-wee’s door.
projecting
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
rather
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From this reading The world seemed to be making a pathway, or rather a highway, to Pee-wee’s door.
road
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
rush
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
saw
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
second
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From this reading Not far behind it he could hear other cars grinding along that impossible road in second gear.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The world seemed to be making a pathway, or rather a highway, to Pee-wee’s door.
sequestered
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From this reading The sequestered, overgrown road, with its intertwined and overarching boughs, was become a surging thoroughfare.
some
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
stealthily
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From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
surging
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From this reading The sequestered, overgrown road, with its intertwined and overarching boughs, was become a surging thoroughfare.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Not far behind it he could hear other cars grinding along that impossible road in second gear.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
thoroughfare
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From this reading The sequestered, overgrown road, with its intertwined and overarching boughs, was become a surging thoroughfare.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
unmolested
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From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading PAID IN FULL Pee-wee was just about to make a frantic rush to the house when he saw another automobile coming along the road, brushing the projecting foliage aside as some stealthily advancing creature might do.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sequestered, overgrown road, with its intertwined and overarching boughs, was become a surging thoroughfare.
wonted
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From this reading The birds, formally unmolested in their wonted haunts, complained to one another of this sudden intrusion into their domains.
world
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From this reading The world seemed to be making a pathway, or rather a highway, to Pee-wee’s door.
