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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 In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
adventure
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From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading More than once the two men had spent an afternoon together in the grand stand at the fall trotting meeting at Cleveland.
afternoon's
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From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading More than once the two men had spent an afternoon together in the grand stand at the fall trotting meeting at Cleveland.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
barnyard
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From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
bought
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From this reading In a generous mood he bought his employee's lunch and took him to a seat in the grand stand.
bound
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From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
Butterworth
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From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
Clara
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From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
Cleveland
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From this reading More than once the two men had spent an afternoon together in the grand stand at the fall trotting meeting at Cleveland.
common
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From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
day
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From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
down
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From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
employee's
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From this reading In a generous mood he bought his employee's lunch and took him to a seat in the grand stand.
excitedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
fall
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From this reading More than once the two men had spent an afternoon together in the grand stand at the fall trotting meeting at Cleveland.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
generous
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From this reading In a generous mood he bought his employee's lunch and took him to a seat in the grand stand.
grand
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From this reading More than once the two men had spent an afternoon together in the grand stand at the fall trotting meeting at Cleveland.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In a generous mood he bought his employee's lunch and took him to a seat in the grand stand.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In a generous mood he bought his employee's lunch and took him to a seat in the grand stand.
horses
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From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
Hugh
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From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
impulsenounUS /ˈɪmpʌls/
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
Jim
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From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
late
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From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
looking
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From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
love
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From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
lunch
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From this reading In a generous mood he bought his employee's lunch and took him to a seat in the grand stand.
meeting
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From this reading More than once the two men had spent an afternoon together in the grand stand at the fall trotting meeting at Cleveland.
men
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From this reading More than once the two men had spent an afternoon together in the grand stand at the fall trotting meeting at Cleveland.
mood
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From this reading In a generous mood he bought his employee's lunch and took him to a seat in the grand stand.
more
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From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
once
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From this reading More than once the two men had spent an afternoon together in the grand stand at the fall trotting meeting at Cleveland.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
out
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From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
prepared
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From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
Priest
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From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
races
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From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
remembered
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From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
rubbed
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From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
seat
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From this reading In a generous mood he bought his employee's lunch and took him to a seat in the grand stand.
set
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From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
spent
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From this reading More than once the two men had spent an afternoon together in the grand stand at the fall trotting meeting at Cleveland.
stall
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From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
stand
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From this reading More than once the two men had spent an afternoon together in the grand stand at the fall trotting meeting at Cleveland.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
strong
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From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
thirty
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From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
together
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From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
Tom
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From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a generous mood he bought his employee's lunch and took him to a seat in the grand stand.
trotting
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From this reading More than once the two men had spent an afternoon together in the grand stand at the fall trotting meeting at Cleveland.
two
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From this reading More than once the two men had spent an afternoon together in the grand stand at the fall trotting meeting at Cleveland.
wandering
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From this reading In the late morning of such a day Tom found Jim wandering from stall to stall, looking at the horses being rubbed down and prepared for the afternoon's races.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading As he stood alone in the barnyard, excited at the thought of the adventure on which Clara and Hugh had set out, Jim Priest remembered Tom Butterworth.
worked
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From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
years
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From this reading For more than thirty years Jim had worked for Tom and they had one strong impulse that bound them together--their common love of fine horses.
