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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 THE GIRL AND THE GAME She did not fully understand, she could not grasp everything yet, she was filled with doubts and suspicions and a growing terror.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading And seeing it, she gathered up her skirts in her two hands and ran, ran back along the wall, keeping in the shadows, drawing close about her the dark cloak she had thrown about her white dress.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading And seeing it, she gathered up her skirts in her two hands and ran, ran back along the wall, keeping in the shadows, drawing close about her the dark cloak she had thrown about her white dress.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE GIRL AND THE GAME She did not fully understand, she could not grasp everything yet, she was filled with doubts and suspicions and a growing terror.
back
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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What was the whole scheme which connected the two men, which envolved Thornton and the sheriff, which seemed clear in one moment only to be a tangle in the next?
clear
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cloak
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close
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connected
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couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading THE GIRL AND THE GAME She did not fully understand, she could not grasp everything yet, she was filled with doubts and suspicions and a growing terror.
cowboy
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dark
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didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
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doubts
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drawing
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dress
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envolved
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everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
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filled
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fully
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GAME
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gathered
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GIRL
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From this reading THE GIRL AND THE GAME She did not fully understand, she could not grasp everything yet, she was filled with doubts and suspicions and a growing terror.
graspnounUS /ɡræsp/
a firm hold in a specific situation in this story
From this reading THE GIRL AND THE GAME She did not fully understand, she could not grasp everything yet, she was filled with doubts and suspicions and a growing terror.
growing
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
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handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading And seeing it, she gathered up her skirts in her two hands and ran, ran back along the wall, keeping in the shadows, drawing close about her the dark cloak she had thrown about her white dress.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What was the whole scheme which connected the two men, which envolved Thornton and the sheriff, which seemed clear in one moment only to be a tangle in the next?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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keeping
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men
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moment
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nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What was the whole scheme which connected the two men, which envolved Thornton and the sheriff, which seemed clear in one moment only to be a tangle in the next?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
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now
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From this reading One thing only was perfectly clear now to the girl.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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only
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perfectly
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ran
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said
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scheme
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seeing
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seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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shadows
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ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE GIRL AND THE GAME She did not fully understand, she could not grasp everything yet, she was filled with doubts and suspicions and a growing terror.
sheriff
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skirts
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suspicions
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swallowed
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tangle
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terror
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From this reading THE GIRL AND THE GAME She did not fully understand, she could not grasp everything yet, she was filled with doubts and suspicions and a growing terror.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GIRL AND THE GAME She did not fully understand, she could not grasp everything yet, she was filled with doubts and suspicions and a growing terror.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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Thornton
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thrown
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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two
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uncle
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understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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up
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wall
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From this reading And seeing it, she gathered up her skirts in her two hands and ran, ran back along the wall, keeping in the shadows, drawing close about her the dark cloak she had thrown about her white dress.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE GIRL AND THE GAME She did not fully understand, she could not grasp everything yet, she was filled with doubts and suspicions and a growing terror.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
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white
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whole
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withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE GIRL AND THE GAME She did not fully understand, she could not grasp everything yet, she was filled with doubts and suspicions and a growing terror.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading THE GIRL AND THE GAME She did not fully understand, she could not grasp everything yet, she was filled with doubts and suspicions and a growing terror.
