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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 We stirred them up and redisposed them in such a way as to make our bed as level as possible.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
all
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From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Next we hunted up our boots from odd nooks among the mail-bags where they had settled, and put them on.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
bags
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
bed
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From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
billowy
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From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
boots
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From this reading Next we hunted up our boots from odd nooks among the mail-bags where they had settled, and put them on.
boxes
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
came
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From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
canvas
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
chill
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From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
corners
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
down
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From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
ends
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
evening
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From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Next we hunted up our boots from odd nooks among the mail-bags where they had settled, and put them on.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
hard
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
hunted
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From this reading Next we hunted up our boots from odd nooks among the mail-bags where they had settled, and put them on.
improve
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From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We stirred them up and redisposed them in such a way as to make our bed as level as possible.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
knotty
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
leather
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
letter-sacks
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
level
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From this reading We stirred them up and redisposed them in such a way as to make our bed as level as possible.
like
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From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
made
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From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
magazines
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
mail-bags
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From this reading Next we hunted up our boots from odd nooks among the mail-bags where they had settled, and put them on.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We stirred them up and redisposed them in such a way as to make our bed as level as possible.
matter
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next we hunted up our boots from odd nooks among the mail-bags where they had settled, and put them on.
nooks
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From this reading Next we hunted up our boots from odd nooks among the mail-bags where they had settled, and put them on.
odd
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From this reading Next we hunted up our boots from odd nooks among the mail-bags where they had settled, and put them on.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We stirred them up and redisposed them in such a way as to make our bed as level as possible.
piece
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From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
possible
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From this reading We stirred them up and redisposed them in such a way as to make our bed as level as possible.
preparation
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From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
printednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
projecting
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
put
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From this reading Next we hunted up our boots from odd nooks among the mail-bags where they had settled, and put them on.
redisposed
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From this reading We stirred them up and redisposed them in such a way as to make our bed as level as possible.
sea
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From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
settled
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From this reading Next we hunted up our boots from odd nooks among the mail-bags where they had settled, and put them on.
stirred
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
stormy
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From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading We stirred them up and redisposed them in such a way as to make our bed as level as possible.
sun
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From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We stirred them up and redisposed them in such a way as to make our bed as level as possible.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Next we hunted up our boots from odd nooks among the mail-bags where they had settled, and put them on.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We stirred them up and redisposed them in such a way as to make our bed as level as possible.
too
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From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
uneven
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
up
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From this reading We stirred up the hard leather letter-sacks, and the knotty canvas bags of printed matter (knotty and uneven because of projecting ends and corners of magazines, boxes and books).
upheaved
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From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
way
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From this reading We stirred them up and redisposed them in such a way as to make our bed as level as possible.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the sun went down and the evening chill came on, we made preparation for bed.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Next we hunted up our boots from odd nooks among the mail-bags where they had settled, and put them on.
work
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From this reading And we did improve it, too, though after all our work it had an upheaved and billowy look about it, like a little piece of a stormy sea.
