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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 His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
Addington
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From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
always
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
approach
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From this reading In the distance, a cloud of dust indicated the approach of a fast traveling motor-car.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
Baron
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
big
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
birds
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From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
Bounderby
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From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
brake
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
business
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
bustling
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
came
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
cartridges
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
change
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From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
chatting
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
cigarette
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
cloud
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From this reading In the distance, a cloud of dust indicated the approach of a fast traveling motor-car.
common
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
corner
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From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
day's
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
de
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
dear
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From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
descendednounUS /ˈdescended/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
distance
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From this reading In the distance, a cloud of dust indicated the approach of a fast traveling motor-car.
dust
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From this reading In the distance, a cloud of dust indicated the approach of a fast traveling motor-car.
edge
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
examining
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
far
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From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
fast
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From this reading In the distance, a cloud of dust indicated the approach of a fast traveling motor-car.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
fussy
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
go
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From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
Grost
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
hand
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
host
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
indicated
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From this reading In the distance, a cloud of dust indicated the approach of a fast traveling motor-car.
just
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
large
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
man
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From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
men
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
missing
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From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
motor-car
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From this reading In the distance, a cloud of dust indicated the approach of a fast traveling motor-car.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
off
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From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
paper
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
Peter
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
piece
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
prospects
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
said
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From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
shockingly
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From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
shoot
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
Sir
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From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
sport
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
stand
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From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
there
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From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
to-day
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From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
together
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From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
traveling
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From this reading In the distance, a cloud of dust indicated the approach of a fast traveling motor-car.
very
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From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
want
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From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The party of men had just descended from a large brake and were standing about on the edge of the common, examining cartridges, smoking a last cigarette before the business of the morning, and chatting together over the prospects of the day’s sport.
William
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From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading His host, very fussy as he always was on the morning of his big shoot, came bustling towards Peter, Baron de Grost, with a piece of paper in his hand.
yesterday
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From this reading I must have a good man at the far corner as the birds go off my hand from there, and Addington was missing them shockingly yesterday.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “My dear Baron,” Sir William Bounderby said, “I want you to change your stand to-day.
