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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 WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
almost
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From this reading If he were promoting a crooked scheme, he reflected savagely, he would have no difficulty whatever in floating it upon almost any terms he wanted.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading He strolled back past the barn toward the upper reaches of the brook path, and sitting amid the comfortably gnarled roots of a big tree he lit a cigar and began with violence to snap little pebbles into the brook.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
any
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From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
back
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barn
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beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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big
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brook
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cigar
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comfortably
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company
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From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
control
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From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
crooked
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DANCE
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From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
difficulty
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door
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EXHIBITS
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From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
finding
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From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
floating
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framed
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From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
frank
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From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
gnarled
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From this reading He strolled back past the barn toward the upper reaches of the brook path, and sitting amid the comfortably gnarled roots of a big tree he lit a cigar and began with violence to snap little pebbles into the brook.
green
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From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
hall
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From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If he were promoting a crooked scheme, he reflected savagely, he would have no difficulty whatever in floating it upon almost any terms he wanted.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If he were promoting a crooked scheme, he reflected savagely, he would have no difficulty whatever in floating it upon almost any terms he wanted.
IMPORTANCE
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From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
intended
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From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He strolled back past the barn toward the upper reaches of the brook path, and sitting amid the comfortably gnarled roots of a big tree he lit a cigar and began with violence to snap little pebbles into the brook.
investments
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From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
inviting
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From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If he were promoting a crooked scheme, he reflected savagely, he would have no difficulty whatever in floating it upon almost any terms he wanted.
kid
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From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
larger
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lit
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From this reading He strolled back past the barn toward the upper reaches of the brook path, and sitting amid the comfortably gnarled roots of a big tree he lit a cigar and began with violence to snap little pebbles into the brook.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He strolled back past the barn toward the upper reaches of the brook path, and sitting amid the comfortably gnarled roots of a big tree he lit a cigar and began with violence to snap little pebbles into the brook.
matter
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met
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From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading If he were promoting a crooked scheme, he reflected savagely, he would have no difficulty whatever in floating it upon almost any terms he wanted.
NUMBER
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From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
obtainverbUS /əbˈteɪn/
to get something, especially through effort
From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
out
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past
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From this reading He strolled back past the barn toward the upper reaches of the brook path, and sitting amid the comfortably gnarled roots of a big tree he lit a cigar and began with violence to snap little pebbles into the brook.
patents
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From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
path
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pebbles
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promoting
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reaches
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rear
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reflected
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From this reading If he were promoting a crooked scheme, he reflected savagely, he would have no difficulty whatever in floating it upon almost any terms he wanted.
REMEMBERING
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From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
revolving
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From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
roots
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From this reading He strolled back past the barn toward the upper reaches of the brook path, and sitting amid the comfortably gnarled roots of a big tree he lit a cigar and began with violence to snap little pebbles into the brook.
Sam
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From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
savagely
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From this reading If he were promoting a crooked scheme, he reflected savagely, he would have no difficulty whatever in floating it upon almost any terms he wanted.
scheme
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From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
sitting
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From this reading He strolled back past the barn toward the upper reaches of the brook path, and sitting amid the comfortably gnarled roots of a big tree he lit a cigar and began with violence to snap little pebbles into the brook.
snap
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From this reading He strolled back past the barn toward the upper reaches of the brook path, and sitting amid the comfortably gnarled roots of a big tree he lit a cigar and began with violence to snap little pebbles into the brook.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
stating
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From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
strolled
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From this reading He strolled back past the barn toward the upper reaches of the brook path, and sitting amid the comfortably gnarled roots of a big tree he lit a cigar and began with violence to snap little pebbles into the brook.
terms
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From this reading If he were promoting a crooked scheme, he reflected savagely, he would have no difficulty whatever in floating it upon almost any terms he wanted.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
too
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From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading He strolled back past the barn toward the upper reaches of the brook path, and sitting amid the comfortably gnarled roots of a big tree he lit a cigar and began with violence to snap little pebbles into the brook.
tree
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trouble
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From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading If he were promoting a crooked scheme, he reflected savagely, he would have no difficulty whatever in floating it upon almost any terms he wanted.
upper
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From this reading He strolled back past the barn toward the upper reaches of the brook path, and sitting amid the comfortably gnarled roots of a big tree he lit a cigar and began with violence to snap little pebbles into the brook.
violence
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vista
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From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
wandered
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From this reading Sam wandered through the hall, revolving this matter in his mind, and out at the rear door, which framed an inviting vista of green.
wanted
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From this reading If he were promoting a crooked scheme, he reflected savagely, he would have no difficulty whatever in floating it upon almost any terms he wanted.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If he were promoting a crooked scheme, he reflected savagely, he would have no difficulty whatever in floating it upon almost any terms he wanted.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading If he were promoting a crooked scheme, he reflected savagely, he would have no difficulty whatever in floating it upon almost any terms he wanted.
WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER And so the kid was finding the same trouble which he had met.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He strolled back past the barn toward the upper reaches of the brook path, and sitting amid the comfortably gnarled roots of a big tree he lit a cigar and began with violence to snap little pebbles into the brook.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading They had been too frank in stating that they intended to obtain control of the company without any larger investments than their patents and their scheme.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If he were promoting a crooked scheme, he reflected savagely, he would have no difficulty whatever in floating it upon almost any terms he wanted.
