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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 Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
ago
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From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
awakened
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From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
Bartow
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From this reading The white boy’s name was Wayne Torrence Sloan, the black boy’s name was Junius Brutus Bartow Tasker, and the dog’s name was Sam.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
black
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From this reading One of the boys was white and the other was black; and the dog was yellow.
blue
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
box
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From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
boy
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From this reading The white boy was seventeen years old, the black boy sixteen, and the yellow dog--well, no one knew just how old he was.
boy's
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From this reading The white boy’s name was Wayne Torrence Sloan, the black boy’s name was Junius Brutus Bartow Tasker, and the dog’s name was Sam.
boys
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
Brutus
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From this reading The white boy’s name was Wayne Torrence Sloan, the black boy’s name was Junius Brutus Bartow Tasker, and the dog’s name was Sam.
car
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From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
cold
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From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
darkness
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From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
dog
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
dog's
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From this reading The white boy’s name was Wayne Torrence Sloan, the black boy’s name was Junius Brutus Bartow Tasker, and the dog’s name was Sam.
driven
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From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
eastern
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
edge
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
forth
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From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
gray
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The white boy was seventeen years old, the black boy sixteen, and the yellow dog--well, no one knew just how old he was.
hour
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From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
how
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From this reading The white boy was seventeen years old, the black boy sixteen, and the yellow dog--well, no one knew just how old he was.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
inky
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
Junius
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From this reading The white boy’s name was Wayne Torrence Sloan, the black boy’s name was Junius Brutus Bartow Tasker, and the dog’s name was Sam.
just
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From this reading The white boy was seventeen years old, the black boy sixteen, and the yellow dog--well, no one knew just how old he was.
knew
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From this reading The white boy was seventeen years old, the black boy sixteen, and the yellow dog--well, no one knew just how old he was.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
more
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From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
mystery
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From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The white boy’s name was Wayne Torrence Sloan, the black boy’s name was Junius Brutus Bartow Tasker, and the dog’s name was Sam.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The white boy was seventeen years old, the black boy sixteen, and the yellow dog--well, no one knew just how old he was.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
old
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From this reading The white boy was seventeen years old, the black boy sixteen, and the yellow dog--well, no one knew just how old he was.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of the boys was white and the other was black; and the dog was yellow.
other
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From this reading One of the boys was white and the other was black; and the dog was yellow.
pale
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
rudely
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From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
Sam
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From this reading The white boy’s name was Wayne Torrence Sloan, the black boy’s name was Junius Brutus Bartow Tasker, and the dog’s name was Sam.
sat
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
seventeen
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From this reading The white boy was seventeen years old, the black boy sixteen, and the yellow dog--well, no one knew just how old he was.
shiveringly
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
sixteen
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From this reading The white boy was seventeen years old, the black boy sixteen, and the yellow dog--well, no one knew just how old he was.
sky
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
sleep
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From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
Sloan
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From this reading The white boy’s name was Wayne Torrence Sloan, the black boy’s name was Junius Brutus Bartow Tasker, and the dog’s name was Sam.
Tasker
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From this reading The white boy’s name was Wayne Torrence Sloan, the black boy’s name was Junius Brutus Bartow Tasker, and the dog’s name was Sam.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading An hour ago they had been rudely awakened from their sleep in a box car and more rudely driven forth into cold and darkness and mystery.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
Torrence
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From this reading The white boy’s name was Wayne Torrence Sloan, the black boy’s name was Junius Brutus Bartow Tasker, and the dog’s name was Sam.
Two
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One of the boys was white and the other was black; and the dog was yellow.
watched
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
Wayne
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From this reading The white boy’s name was Wayne Torrence Sloan, the black boy’s name was Junius Brutus Bartow Tasker, and the dog’s name was Sam.
well
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From this reading The white boy was seventeen years old, the black boy sixteen, and the yellow dog--well, no one knew just how old he was.
white
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From this reading One of the boys was white and the other was black; and the dog was yellow.
wood
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From this reading Two boys and a dog sat at the edge of a little wood and shiveringly watched the eastern sky pale from inky blue to gray.
years
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From this reading The white boy was seventeen years old, the black boy sixteen, and the yellow dog--well, no one knew just how old he was.
yellow
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From this reading One of the boys was white and the other was black; and the dog was yellow.
