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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 THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
age
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
Almost
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
amounted
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From this reading He had a strange feeling, a feeling of apprehension which amounted to a certainty.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
apprehension
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From this reading He had a strange feeling, a feeling of apprehension which amounted to a certainty.
area
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From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
bare
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From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
bathing
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
bigger
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
boys
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
bridge
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
brush
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From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
certainty
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From this reading He had a strange feeling, a feeling of apprehension which amounted to a certainty.
channel
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From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
closet
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
comparatively
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From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
crab
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
dank
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
dive
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
donned
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
END
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From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had a strange feeling, a feeling of apprehension which amounted to a certainty.
fishing
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
gray
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
hardly
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had a strange feeling, a feeling of apprehension which amounted to a certainty.
hidden
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
hung
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
irresolute
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From this reading Pee-wee paused a moment, irresolute, nervous.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
latter
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
moment
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From this reading Pee-wee paused a moment, irresolute, nervous.
more
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From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
musty
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
nervous
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From this reading Pee-wee paused a moment, irresolute, nervous.
nets
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had a strange feeling, a feeling of apprehension which amounted to a certainty.
old
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
out
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From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
paused
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From this reading Pee-wee paused a moment, irresolute, nervous.
Pee-wee
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From this reading Pee-wee paused a moment, irresolute, nervous.
petered
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From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
place
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
rotten
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
shack
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
storage
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
strange
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From this reading He had a strange feeling, a feeling of apprehension which amounted to a certainty.
suits
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
tackle
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
thrown
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
together
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From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
TRAIL'S
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From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
trampled
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From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
tumbled-down
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE TRAIL’S END This trampled channel petered out in a comparatively bare area across which was more brush.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It had been thrown together as a storage place for fishing tackle and crab nets and these latter, rotten and gray with age, still hung in the dank, musty place.
wont
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From this reading Almost hidden in this was a tumbled-down shack, hardly bigger than a closet, in which boys who had been wont to dive from the old bridge had donned their bathing suits.
