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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 Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "A night for murder an' arson an' robbin' graveyards!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
arson
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From this reading "A night for murder an' arson an' robbin' graveyards!
back
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
bags
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
blackenedadjectiveUS /ˈblækənd/
made dark by burning or soot made dark by soot, burning, or black marks
From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
covered
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From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A night for the devil to go skylarkin' in!" he cried jovially.
devil
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From this reading "A night for the devil to go skylarkin' in!" he cried jovially.
DEVIL'S
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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
door
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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
draft
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From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
drove
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From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
fat
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
floor
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From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
flung
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
flying
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From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
front
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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
go
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From this reading "A night for the devil to go skylarkin' in!" he cried jovially.
got
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
graveyards
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From this reading "A night for murder an' arson an' robbin' graveyards!
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
Hap
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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
jovially
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From this reading "A night for the devil to go skylarkin' in!" he cried jovially.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
laughed
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
lean
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
mail
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
moment
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
murder
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From this reading "A night for murder an' arson an' robbin' graveyards!
newspapers
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From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
NIGHT
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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
oil-cloth
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From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
old
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From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
opened
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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
OWN
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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
rain
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From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
robbin
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From this reading "A night for murder an' arson an' robbin' graveyards!
room
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From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
shoulder
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
shut
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
skylarkin
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From this reading "A night for the devil to go skylarkin' in!" he cried jovially.
slammed
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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
Smith
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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
smote
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
snatched
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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
tables
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From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
tied
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
together
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
two
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From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
violently
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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
wall
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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading In the sudden draft the old newspapers on one of the oil-cloth covered tables went flying across the room, while the rain drove in and blackened the floor.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DEVIL'S OWN NIGHT Hap Smith, the last to come in, opened the front door which the wind snatched from his hands and slammed violently against the wall.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Hap Smith got the door shut and for a moment stood with his back against it, his two mail bags, a lean and a fat, tied together and flung over his shoulder, while he smote his hands together and laughed.
