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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 TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
ago
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From this reading "I just left him here a minute ago to go front."
alarm
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From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
All
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From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
anxiously
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From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
backed
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bar
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bearing
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big
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From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
bottles
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From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
child
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From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
discover
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From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
dispensing
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From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
end
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From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
eyes
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From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
frame
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From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
front
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From this reading "I just left him here a minute ago to go front."
gasped
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From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
gilt
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go
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From this reading "I just left him here a minute ago to go front."
Harpeth
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From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I just left him here a minute ago to go front."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I just left him here a minute ago to go front."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I just left him here a minute ago to go front."
impatient
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From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
It's
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From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
judge
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From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
just
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From this reading "I just left him here a minute ago to go front."
kind
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From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I just left him here a minute ago to go front."
lemons
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From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
limes
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From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
liquor
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From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
man
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From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
Martha's
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From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
minute
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From this reading "I just left him here a minute ago to go front."
mirror
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From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
mosquito
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From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
netting
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From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
oranges
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From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
other
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From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
out
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From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
piled
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From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
place
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From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
present
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From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
pyramids
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From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
room
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From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
Settlement
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From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
shelvesnounUS /ʃelvz/
Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
side
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From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
small
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From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
somehow
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From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
sophistication
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From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
started
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From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
Stray
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From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
swathed
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From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
TENACIOUS
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From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I just left him here a minute ago to go front."
Together
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From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
trappings
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From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
TURTLE
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From this reading THE TENACIOUS TURTLE "It's Martha's Stray," the big man gasped in a kind of impatient alarm.
up
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From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
Valley
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From this reading On the bar at one end were piled oranges and at the other lemons and limes whose sophistication seemed out of place somehow in the Settlement in the Harpeth Valley.
waited
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From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Together he and I started around the long room with its bar on the one side backed up by a mirror whose gilt frame was swathed in mosquito netting and on either side of which were shelves bearing pyramids of bottles.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
