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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 VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
babies
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
baby
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From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
bad
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
basket
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
blizzard
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From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
bundlenounUS /ˈbʌndəl/
a group of things tied or wrapped together
From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
carrying
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From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
caught
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From this reading "Didn't think we shud ever 'a caught it!"
cold
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
compartment
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
corner
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From this reading Setting his rifle down in the corner, he said:
day
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From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
Didn't
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From this reading "Didn't think we shud ever 'a caught it!"
down
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From this reading Setting his rifle down in the corner, he said:
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Didn't think we shud ever 'a caught it!"
face
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From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
figure
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
goatskin
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From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
going
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Setting his rifle down in the corner, he said:
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Setting his rifle down in the corner, he said:
hot
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From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Didn't think we shud ever 'a caught it!"
Just
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
kept
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From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
khaki
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
lean
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From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
man
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From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
off
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From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
out
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
overcoat
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From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
perspirationnounUS /ˌpɜːrspəˈreɪʃən/
sweat produced by the body
From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
reached
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From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
RECORDED
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
rifle
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
rose
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From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
said
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From this reading Setting his rifle down in the corner, he said:
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
Setting
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From this reading Setting his rifle down in the corner, he said:
shud
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From this reading "Didn't think we shud ever 'a caught it!"
small
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
sourish
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From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
stormed
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
streaming
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From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
sweetish
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From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
there
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From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Didn't think we shud ever 'a caught it!"
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
train
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
two
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
VI
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
waist
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From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
waistcoat
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From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
warmish
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From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Didn't think we shud ever 'a caught it!"
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat.
wife
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From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading VI RECORDED Just as the train was going out the compartment was stormed by a figure in khaki, with a rifle, a bad cold, a wife, a basket, a small bundle, and two babies.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It reached below his waist, and would have kept cold out from a man standing in a blizzard, and he had been carrying a baby, a rifle, a bundle, a basket, and running, on a warmish day.
