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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 RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
any
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From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
associations
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From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
attach
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From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
back
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From this reading That was just how Woodbury struck me when I first came back to it.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
came
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From this reading That was just how Woodbury struck me when I first came back to it.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
definite
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From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
down
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From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
drove
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From this reading So I drove up first in search of lodgings.
face
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From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
familiar
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From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
find
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From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was just how Woodbury struck me when I first came back to it.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
Grange
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From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
houses
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From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
how
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From this reading That was just how Woodbury struck me when I first came back to it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
idea
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From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
just
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From this reading That was just how Woodbury struck me when I first came back to it.
Kamschatka
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From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
LIFEnounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
lodgings
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From this reading So I drove up first in search of lodgings.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
man
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From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That was just how Woodbury struck me when I first came back to it.
more
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From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
Often
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From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
passes
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From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
people
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From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
put
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From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
RELIVING
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From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
say
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From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
search
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From this reading So I drove up first in search of lodgings.
seem
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From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I drove up first in search of lodgings.
sort
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From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
station
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From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
street
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From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
streets
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From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was just how Woodbury struck me when I first came back to it.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
up
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From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
walk
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From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was just how Woodbury struck me when I first came back to it.
way
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From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading That was just how Woodbury struck me when I first came back to it.
woman
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From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
Woodbury
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From this reading That was just how Woodbury struck me when I first came back to it.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The houses, the streets, the people, were in a way familiar; yet I could no more have found my way alone from the station to The Grange than I could find my way alone from here to Kamschatka.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading RELIVING MY LIFE Often, as you walk down a street, a man or woman passes you by.
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading You look up at them and say to yourself, "I seem to know that face"; but you can put no name to it, attach to it no definite idea, no associations of any sort.
