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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 car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
admiration
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
age
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From this reading Having struck the shrill tone of the new age the voice went on and on.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was in an exalted mood and words flowed from him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the motor under its hood purred, so the brain under the graying old head purred and threw forth words.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
became
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
brain
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From this reading As the motor under its hood purred, so the brain under the graying old head purred and threw forth words.
Butterworth
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
car
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
cigars
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
citizens
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
country
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
driven
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
drug
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
engine
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
enjoy
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
exalted
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From this reading He was in an exalted mood and words flowed from him.
fill
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
flowed
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From this reading He was in an exalted mood and words flowed from him.
forth
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From this reading As the motor under its hood purred, so the brain under the graying old head purred and threw forth words.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was in an exalted mood and words flowed from him.
got
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
graying
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From this reading As the motor under its hood purred, so the brain under the graying old head purred and threw forth words.
Havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Having struck the shrill tone of the new age the voice went on and on.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was in an exalted mood and words flowed from him.
head
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From this reading As the motor under its hood purred, so the brain under the graying old head purred and threw forth words.
heard
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
high
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was in an exalted mood and words flowed from him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
hood
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From this reading As the motor under its hood purred, so the brain under the graying old head purred and threw forth words.
idlers
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was in an exalted mood and words flowed from him.
incidentally
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading As the motor under its hood purred, so the brain under the graying old head purred and threw forth words.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
key
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
mood
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From this reading He was in an exalted mood and words flowed from him.
motor
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From this reading As the motor under its hood purred, so the brain under the graying old head purred and threw forth words.
new
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From this reading Having struck the shrill tone of the new age the voice went on and on.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
old
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From this reading As the motor under its hood purred, so the brain under the graying old head purred and threw forth words.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Having struck the shrill tone of the new age the voice went on and on.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
out
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
pitchednounUS /pitched/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
pockets
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
purred
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From this reading As the motor under its hood purred, so the brain under the graying old head purred and threw forth words.
purring
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
shrill
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As the motor under its hood purred, so the brain under the graying old head purred and threw forth words.
started
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
stores
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Having struck the shrill tone of the new age the voice went on and on.
talked
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
threw
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From this reading As the motor under its hood purred, so the brain under the graying old head purred and threw forth words.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
Tom
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
tone
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From this reading Having struck the shrill tone of the new age the voice went on and on.
town
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
towns
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading As the motor under its hood purred, so the brain under the graying old head purred and threw forth words.
voice
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From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was in an exalted mood and words flowed from him.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Having struck the shrill tone of the new age the voice went on and on.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He talked to the idlers before the drug stores in the towns and, when the car started again and they were out in the open country, his voice, pitched in a high key to make itself heard above the purring engine, became shrill.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
wonder
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From this reading The car driven by Tom Butterworth stopped at a town, and Tom got out to fill his pockets with cigars and incidentally to enjoy the wonder and admiration of the citizens.
words
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From this reading He was in an exalted mood and words flowed from him.
