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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 It careened through the muddy streets of the village with a sturdiness that augured well for the enterprise.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was veiled and he was goggled, and both of them scrooged down in the seat apprehensively.
apprehensively
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From this reading She was veiled and he was goggled, and both of them scrooged down in the seat apprehensively.
augured
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From this reading It careened through the muddy streets of the village with a sturdiness that augured well for the enterprise.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE FLYERS CATCH THE FLYER No one would have recognised either of them had it been possible to see them,--so carefully were their heads swathed in their coverings.
borrowed
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From this reading Hardy's car, borrowed in reality for the occasion, was performing nobly.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading She was veiled and he was goggled, and both of them scrooged down in the seat apprehensively.
car
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From this reading Hardy's car, borrowed in reality for the occasion, was performing nobly.
careened
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From this reading It careened through the muddy streets of the village with a sturdiness that augured well for the enterprise.
carefully
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CATCH
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country
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From this reading Out into the country road, scudding northward, it sped.
coverings
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down
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From this reading She was veiled and he was goggled, and both of them scrooged down in the seat apprehensively.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
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enterprise
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FLYER
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FLYERS
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Hardy's car, borrowed in reality for the occasion, was performing nobly.
goggled
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From this reading She was veiled and he was goggled, and both of them scrooged down in the seat apprehensively.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE FLYERS CATCH THE FLYER No one would have recognised either of them had it been possible to see them,--so carefully were their heads swathed in their coverings.
Hardy's
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From this reading Hardy's car, borrowed in reality for the occasion, was performing nobly.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE FLYERS CATCH THE FLYER No one would have recognised either of them had it been possible to see them,--so carefully were their heads swathed in their coverings.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was veiled and he was goggled, and both of them scrooged down in the seat apprehensively.
heads
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Out into the country road, scudding northward, it sped.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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muddy
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From this reading It careened through the muddy streets of the village with a sturdiness that augured well for the enterprise.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
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nobly
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From this reading Hardy's car, borrowed in reality for the occasion, was performing nobly.
northward
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From this reading Out into the country road, scudding northward, it sped.
occasion
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From this reading Hardy's car, borrowed in reality for the occasion, was performing nobly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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Out
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From this reading Out into the country road, scudding northward, it sped.
performing
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From this reading Hardy's car, borrowed in reality for the occasion, was performing nobly.
possible
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reality
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From this reading Hardy's car, borrowed in reality for the occasion, was performing nobly.
recognised
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road
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From this reading Out into the country road, scudding northward, it sped.
scrooged
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From this reading She was veiled and he was goggled, and both of them scrooged down in the seat apprehensively.
scudding
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From this reading Out into the country road, scudding northward, it sped.
seat
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From this reading She was veiled and he was goggled, and both of them scrooged down in the seat apprehensively.
see
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ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was veiled and he was goggled, and both of them scrooged down in the seat apprehensively.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
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sped
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From this reading Out into the country road, scudding northward, it sped.
streets
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From this reading It careened through the muddy streets of the village with a sturdiness that augured well for the enterprise.
sturdiness
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From this reading It careened through the muddy streets of the village with a sturdiness that augured well for the enterprise.
swathed
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It careened through the muddy streets of the village with a sturdiness that augured well for the enterprise.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FLYERS CATCH THE FLYER No one would have recognised either of them had it been possible to see them,--so carefully were their heads swathed in their coverings.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
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thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
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throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It careened through the muddy streets of the village with a sturdiness that augured well for the enterprise.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE FLYERS CATCH THE FLYER No one would have recognised either of them had it been possible to see them,--so carefully were their heads swathed in their coverings.
veiled
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From this reading She was veiled and he was goggled, and both of them scrooged down in the seat apprehensively.
village
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From this reading It careened through the muddy streets of the village with a sturdiness that augured well for the enterprise.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was veiled and he was goggled, and both of them scrooged down in the seat apprehensively.
well
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From this reading It careened through the muddy streets of the village with a sturdiness that augured well for the enterprise.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE FLYERS CATCH THE FLYER No one would have recognised either of them had it been possible to see them,--so carefully were their heads swathed in their coverings.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It careened through the muddy streets of the village with a sturdiness that augured well for the enterprise.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading THE FLYERS CATCH THE FLYER No one would have recognised either of them had it been possible to see them,--so carefully were their heads swathed in their coverings.
