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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 medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
answer
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From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
bandmaster's
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From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
BECAME
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
become
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
bed
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From this reading When he had gone, she walked slowly to the bed and drew the sheet from the bandmaster's face.
bedside
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
bending
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
bird
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From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
calling
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From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
came
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From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
cart
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
clotted
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
cry
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From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
curtly
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From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
dared
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
day
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he had gone, she walked slowly to the bed and drew the sheet from the bandmaster's face.
dry-eyed
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From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
dusky
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From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
face
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From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
follow
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When he had gone, she walked slowly to the bed and drew the sheet from the bandmaster's face.
garden
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From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
girl
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From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
gone
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From this reading When he had gone, she walked slowly to the bed and drew the sheet from the bandmaster's face.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When he had gone, she walked slowly to the bed and drew the sheet from the bandmaster's face.
hand
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
heart
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
heel
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From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
hesitated
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
hot
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
II
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
longer
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
medical
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
MESSENGER
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
moment
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From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
more
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From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
mute
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From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
nodding
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From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
officer
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
opened
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
out
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From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
PARTnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
placing
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
pursuit
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
quickly
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
road
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
rutty
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he had gone, she walked slowly to the bed and drew the sheet from the bandmaster's face.
sheet
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From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
shirt
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
slowly
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From this reading When he had gone, she walked slowly to the bed and drew the sheet from the bandmaster's face.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
SPECIAL
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
steady
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
stepping
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From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
straightened
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From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
there
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From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The medical officer passed her, stepping quickly to the bedside, stopped short, hesitated, and bending, opened the clotted shirt, placing a steady hand over the heart.
turned
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From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
TWO
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
unerring
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From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
up
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From this reading The next moment he straightened up, pulled the sheet over the bandmaster's face, and turned on his heel, nodding curtly to the girl as he passed out.
walked
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From this reading When he had gone, she walked slowly to the bed and drew the sheet from the bandmaster's face.
WHATpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading PART TWO WHAT SHE BECAME II SPECIAL MESSENGER On the third day the pursuit had become so hot, so unerring, that she dared no longer follow the rutty cart road.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he had gone, she walked slowly to the bed and drew the sheet from the bandmaster's face.
whispering
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From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
widow
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From this reading And as she stood there, dry-eyed, mute, from the dusky garden came the whispering cry of the widow bird, calling, calling to the dead that answer never more.
