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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
airy
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From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
allowed
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From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
avoided
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From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
Bob
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From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
breatheverbUS /briːð/
to speak or reveal information, especially secretly
From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
call
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From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
cold
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From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
companion
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From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
CONCLUSION
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From this reading CONCLUSION.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
direction
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From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
disheartened
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From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
dogs
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From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
easily
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From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
exposure
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From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
gaze
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From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
happen
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From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
hostler
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From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
leave
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From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
longer
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From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
made
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From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
minds
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From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
nearly
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From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
now
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From this reading They could not talk now.
off
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From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
only
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From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
overcome
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From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
perch
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From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
sit
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From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
somebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
sooner
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From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
talk
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From this reading They could not talk now.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
up
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From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
utterly
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From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
wait
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From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They could only sit and gaze in the direction in which the hostler had disappeared, and wait for somebody to come and call off the dogs.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
worst
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From this reading Bob and his companion were so utterly disheartened, and so nearly overcome with the cold, that they no longer looked upon exposure as the worst thing that could happen to them.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading They had made up their minds that it could not be avoided, and told themselves that the sooner it was over and they were allowed to leave their airy perch the sooner they would breathe easily again.
