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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 McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
arrove
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From this reading “If you please, miss,” she screamed, “your tiger has arrove.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
back
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
breakfast
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
bridles
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From this reading Two men hung shouting to their bridles, while a third came rushing up the curved gravel path.
buzz
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
came
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
curved
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From this reading Two men hung shouting to their bridles, while a third came rushing up the curved gravel path.
darted
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From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
ears
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
eyes
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
face
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From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
family
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
followed
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
freckled
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From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
garden
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
glancing
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
gravel
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From this reading Two men hung shouting to their bridles, while a third came rushing up the curved gravel path.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “If you please, miss,” she screamed, “your tiger has arrove.”
Haw
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
hedge
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
horror
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
horses
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
hum
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
hung
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From this reading Two men hung shouting to their bridles, while a third came rushing up the curved gravel path.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you please, miss,” she screamed, “your tiger has arrove.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
laid
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
maddened
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
maid
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From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
Mary
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From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
McIntyre
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
McIntyres
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From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
men
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From this reading Two men hung shouting to their bridles, while a third came rushing up the curved gravel path.
miss
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From this reading “If you please, miss,” she screamed, “your tiger has arrove.”
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
multitude
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
Nearer
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
other
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
path
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From this reading Two men hung shouting to their bridles, while a third came rushing up the curved gravel path.
pawing
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
please
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From this reading “If you please, miss,” she screamed, “your tiger has arrove.”
prancing
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
Raffles
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
realise
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From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
reared
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
round
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From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
rushing
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From this reading Two men hung shouting to their bridles, while a third came rushing up the curved gravel path.
screamed
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From this reading “If you please, miss,” she screamed, “your tiger has arrove.”
seated
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “If you please, miss,” she screamed, “your tiger has arrove.”
shouting
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From this reading Two men hung shouting to their bridles, while a third came rushing up the curved gravel path.
side
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
sitting-room
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From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
situation
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From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
some
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
street
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
terror
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From this reading Before the McIntyres could realise the situation, their maid, Mary, darted into the sitting-room with terror in her round freckled face:
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Two men hung shouting to their bridles, while a third came rushing up the curved gravel path.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
then
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two men hung shouting to their bridles, while a third came rushing up the curved gravel path.
tiger
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From this reading “If you please, miss,” she screamed, “your tiger has arrove.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
tumult
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
two
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
up
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From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
village
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
visit
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
voices
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From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The McIntyre family was seated at breakfast on the morning which followed the first visit of Raffles Haw, when they were surprised to hear the buzz and hum of a multitude of voices in the village street.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Two men hung shouting to their bridles, while a third came rushing up the curved gravel path.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nearer and nearer came the tumult, and then, of a sudden, two maddened horses reared themselves up on the other side of the garden hedge, prancing and pawing, with ears laid back and eyes ever glancing at some horror behind them.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “If you please, miss,” she screamed, “your tiger has arrove.”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “If you please, miss,” she screamed, “your tiger has arrove.”
