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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The American seemed to be thinking about something.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading "I don't like that new cloud above the volcano," he observed.
American
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From this reading The American seemed to be thinking about something.
anxiously
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From this reading Mr. Heard's eye roamed over the landscape, rather anxiously.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The American seemed to be thinking about something.
bishop
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From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
carriage
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From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
cloud
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From this reading "I don't like that new cloud above the volcano," he observed.
Count
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From this reading They said little, having talked themselves out with the Count.
don't
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down
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From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
drove
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From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
evening
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From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
eye
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From this reading Mr. Heard's eye roamed over the landscape, rather anxiously.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading They said little, having talked themselves out with the Count.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
Heard's
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From this reading Mr. Heard's eye roamed over the landscape, rather anxiously.
hired
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From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't like that new cloud above the volcano," he observed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
Koppen
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From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
landscape
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From this reading Mr. Heard's eye roamed over the landscape, rather anxiously.
like
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From this reading "I don't like that new cloud above the volcano," he observed.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They said little, having talked themselves out with the Count.
Mr
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From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
Nepenthe
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From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
new
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From this reading "I don't like that new cloud above the volcano," he observed.
observed
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From this reading "I don't like that new cloud above the volcano," he observed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
out
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From this reading They said little, having talked themselves out with the Count.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Mr. Heard's eye roamed over the landscape, rather anxiously.
rather
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From this reading Mr. Heard's eye roamed over the landscape, rather anxiously.
roamed
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From this reading Mr. Heard's eye roamed over the landscape, rather anxiously.
said
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From this reading They said little, having talked themselves out with the Count.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The American seemed to be thinking about something.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The American seemed to be thinking about something.
stay
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From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
talked
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From this reading They said little, having talked themselves out with the Count.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I don't like that new cloud above the volcano," he observed.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They said little, having talked themselves out with the Count.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They said little, having talked themselves out with the Count.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The American seemed to be thinking about something.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The American seemed to be thinking about something.
TowardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
usually
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From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
van
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From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
volcano
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From this reading "I don't like that new cloud above the volcano," he observed.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
whole
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From this reading Towards evening, Mr. van Koppen drove the bishop down in the carriage which he usually hired for the whole of his stay on Nepenthe.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They said little, having talked themselves out with the Count.