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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 Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Ten minutes' hard work with the spade sufficed to excavate a shallow trench in the sands above high-water mark.
accomplished
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From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had suffered enough, as it was.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
back
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
barn
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
beach
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Fifteen minutes' walk brought him to the pool.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
cluster
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
completely
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From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
desertedverbUS /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
down
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
enough
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From this reading She had suffered enough, as it was.
excavate
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From this reading Ten minutes' hard work with the spade sufficed to excavate a shallow trench in the sands above high-water mark.
farmstead
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
Fifteen
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From this reading Fifteen minutes' walk brought him to the pool.
fishermen's
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had suffered enough, as it was.
hand
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From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
hard
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From this reading Ten minutes' hard work with the spade sufficed to excavate a shallow trench in the sands above high-water mark.
Hastening
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
high-water
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From this reading Ten minutes' hard work with the spade sufficed to excavate a shallow trench in the sands above high-water mark.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Fifteen minutes' walk brought him to the pool.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
huts
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ten minutes' hard work with the spade sufficed to excavate a shallow trench in the sands above high-water mark.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
lay
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From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
made
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
mark
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From this reading Ten minutes' hard work with the spade sufficed to excavate a shallow trench in the sands above high-water mark.
minutes
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From this reading Fifteen minutes' walk brought him to the pool.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
once
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From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
pool
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From this reading Fifteen minutes' walk brought him to the pool.
quickly
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
road
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
sands
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From this reading Ten minutes' hard work with the spade sufficed to excavate a shallow trench in the sands above high-water mark.
secured
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
shallow
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From this reading Ten minutes' hard work with the spade sufficed to excavate a shallow trench in the sands above high-water mark.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
shrank
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From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
shuddering
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From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
spade
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
suffered
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From this reading She had suffered enough, as it was.
sufficed
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From this reading Ten minutes' hard work with the spade sufficed to excavate a shallow trench in the sands above high-water mark.
Ten
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From this reading Ten minutes' hard work with the spade sufficed to excavate a shallow trench in the sands above high-water mark.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
trench
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From this reading Ten minutes' hard work with the spade sufficed to excavate a shallow trench in the sands above high-water mark.
walk
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From this reading Fifteen minutes' walk brought him to the pool.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had suffered enough, as it was.
way
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From this reading Hastening back to the farmstead, he secured a spade from the barn and made his way quickly down to the beach by way of the road through the cluster of deserted fishermen's huts.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ten minutes' hard work with the spade sufficed to excavate a shallow trench in the sands above high-water mark.
work
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From this reading But he shrank shuddering from the thought of the work that lay to his hand--work that must be accomplished at once and completely; for she must know nothing of it.
