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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 Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
advance
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
afterthought
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
also
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
assay
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
assayer
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
BEST
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From this reading THE BEST HEAD IN TOWN What was Wiley Holman up to?
better
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From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
bill
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
copper
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
demanding
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
dollar
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
dollars
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From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
down
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
enclosed
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
floor
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
gold
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
happen
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From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
HEAD
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From this reading THE BEST HEAD IN TOWN What was Wiley Holman up to?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
Holman
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From this reading THE BEST HEAD IN TOWN What was Wiley Holman up to?
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE BEST HEAD IN TOWN What was Wiley Holman up to?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
just
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From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
Keno
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From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
knew
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From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
lead
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
letter
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
love
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From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
mood
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
more
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From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
now
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From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
once
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
paced
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
pass
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From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
pinch
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From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
rock
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From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
sample
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
sat
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
scathing
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
silver
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
stuck
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From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
ten
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From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
test
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BEST HEAD IN TOWN What was Wiley Holman up to?
then
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
There
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From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
things
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From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BEST HEAD IN TOWN What was Wiley Holman up to?
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
TOWN
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From this reading THE BEST HEAD IN TOWN What was Wiley Holman up to?
unloverlike
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
up
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From this reading THE BEST HEAD IN TOWN What was Wiley Holman up to?
very
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
Virginia
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
waiting
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From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BEST HEAD IN TOWN What was Wiley Holman up to?
well
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From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE BEST HEAD IN TOWN What was Wiley Holman up to?
Wiley
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From this reading THE BEST HEAD IN TOWN What was Wiley Holman up to?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was something in that rock--she knew it just as well as she knew that Wiley was in love with her, and this was no time to pinch dollars.
worst
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From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
wrote
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From this reading Virginia paced the floor in a very unloverlike mood; and at last she sat down and wrote a scathing letter to the assayer, demanding her assay at once.
years
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From this reading For ten years and more they had stuck there in Keno, waiting and waiting for something to happen, but now things had come to such a pass that it was better to know even the worst.
zinc
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From this reading She also enclosed one dollar in advance to test the sample for gold and silver and then, as an afterthought, she enclosed another bill and told him to test it for copper, lead, and zinc.
