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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 Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading He hadn't said anything to Jem, but he'd half expected some kind of demonstration against Messerschmidt.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The crowd was waiting patiently and quietly.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading He hadn't said anything to Jem, but he'd half expected some kind of demonstration against Messerschmidt.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
audience
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From this reading Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
away
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From this reading Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
bit
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From this reading It was the quiet that unsettled him a little bit.
blinking
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From this reading Kimmensen shifted in his chair, blinking in the sunshine of the plaza.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He hadn't said anything to Jem, but he'd half expected some kind of demonstration against Messerschmidt.
chair
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crowd
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From this reading The crowd was waiting patiently and quietly.
demonstration
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expected
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feet
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From this reading Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
few
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From this reading Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
hadn't
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half
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From this reading He hadn't said anything to Jem, but he'd half expected some kind of demonstration against Messerschmidt.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He hadn't said anything to Jem, but he'd half expected some kind of demonstration against Messerschmidt.
he'd
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From this reading He hadn't said anything to Jem, but he'd half expected some kind of demonstration against Messerschmidt.
heads
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From this reading Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was the quiet that unsettled him a little bit.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Kimmensen shifted in his chair, blinking in the sunshine of the plaza.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Kimmensen shifted in his chair, blinking in the sunshine of the plaza.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the quiet that unsettled him a little bit.
Jem
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From this reading He hadn't said anything to Jem, but he'd half expected some kind of demonstration against Messerschmidt.
Kimmensen
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kind
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little
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From this reading It was the quiet that unsettled him a little bit.
live
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From this reading Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
looking
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From this reading Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
Messerschmidt
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From this reading Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
mountains
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From this reading Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Kimmensen shifted in his chair, blinking in the sunshine of the plaza.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
patiently
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From this reading The crowd was waiting patiently and quietly.
plaza
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quiet
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quietly
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From this reading The crowd was waiting patiently and quietly.
said
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sat
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From this reading Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
shifted
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From this reading Kimmensen shifted in his chair, blinking in the sunshine of the plaza.
some
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sunshine
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From this reading Kimmensen shifted in his chair, blinking in the sunshine of the plaza.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was the quiet that unsettled him a little bit.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Kimmensen shifted in his chair, blinking in the sunshine of the plaza.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He hadn't said anything to Jem, but he'd half expected some kind of demonstration against Messerschmidt.
unsettled
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From this reading It was the quiet that unsettled him a little bit.
up
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From this reading Messerschmidt sat a few feet away, looking up over the heads of the live audience at the mountains.
waiting
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From this reading The crowd was waiting patiently and quietly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The crowd was waiting patiently and quietly.
