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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 Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
All
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From this reading All the passengers had been severely shaken, and some were seriously hurt, but fortunately not one had been killed.
also
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From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
always
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From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
attended
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attribute
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From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All the passengers had been severely shaken, and some were seriously hurt, but fortunately not one had been killed.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading All the passengers had been severely shaken, and some were seriously hurt, but fortunately not one had been killed.
car
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From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
clamoured
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From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
confusion
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From this reading For the next two hours everything was confusion.
Connie
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Dulcie
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From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
escape
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From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading For the next two hours everything was confusion.
extraordinary
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From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
fact
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From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
Fitzgraham
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From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
fortunately
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From this reading All the passengers had been severely shaken, and some were seriously hurt, but fortunately not one had been killed.
gave
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From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
hours
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From this reading For the next two hours everything was confusion.
hurt
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From this reading All the passengers had been severely shaken, and some were seriously hurt, but fortunately not one had been killed.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
killed
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From this reading All the passengers had been severely shaken, and some were seriously hurt, but fortunately not one had been killed.
Lady
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From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
lips
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From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
moisten
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From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
most
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From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the next two hours everything was confusion.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
notice
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From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All the passengers had been severely shaken, and some were seriously hurt, but fortunately not one had been killed.
others
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From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
parched
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From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
passengers
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From this reading All the passengers had been severely shaken, and some were seriously hurt, but fortunately not one had been killed.
past
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From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
presently
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From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
pretended
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From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
Pullman
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From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
pushed
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From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
seriously
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From this reading All the passengers had been severely shaken, and some were seriously hurt, but fortunately not one had been killed.
several
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From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
severely
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From this reading All the passengers had been severely shaken, and some were seriously hurt, but fortunately not one had been killed.
shaken
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From this reading All the passengers had been severely shaken, and some were seriously hurt, but fortunately not one had been killed.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
some
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From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
stability
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From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
Stapleton
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From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
STRANGER
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From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
THIN-FACED
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From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
travelled
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From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
two
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From this reading For the next two hours everything was confusion.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For the next two hours everything was confusion.
water
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From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All the passengers had been severely shaken, and some were seriously hurt, but fortunately not one had been killed.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Lady Fitzgraham, Connie Stapleton, and several others also clamoured for water to moisten their parched lips, and when I had attended to Dulcie I gave them some.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE THIN-FACED STRANGER I pretended not to notice him as I pushed past him and presently returned with water.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Our extraordinary escape I shall always attribute to the fact that we travelled in a Pullman, a car that has most wonderful stability.
