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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 Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
abroad
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From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
all
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
also
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
apathetic
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From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
back
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
booted
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From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
call
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
Colonel
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From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
combined
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From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
Continental
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
convoying
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
country
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
darkness
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From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
dispatched
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
district
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
field
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
hall
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From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
HALLOO
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From this reading VIEW HALLOO!
hazard
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
helmeted
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From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
hundred
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
impossible
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From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
inert
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From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
lanterns
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
lonely
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
managed
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
men
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From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
Messengers
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
militia
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
mount
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From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
mud
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
nigh
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From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
night
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
obstinately
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From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
orderly
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
out
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
path
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
plodded
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From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
rained
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From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
refusing
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From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
riding
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
road
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
sashed
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From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
sat
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From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
Sheldon
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From this reading As for Colonel Sheldon, booted, sashed, and helmeted, he sat apathetic and inert in the hall, obstinately refusing to mount his men.
shin-high
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
slopping
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
storm
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From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
tracks
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
train
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
turning
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
up
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
uproar
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From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
venturing
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From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
VIEW
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From this reading VIEW HALLOO!
water
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From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
well
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From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Messengers, also, were dispatched to call out the district militia, and they plodded all night with their lanterns, over field and path and lonely country road.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It rained, rained, rained, and the darkness and wind combined with the uproar of the storm to make venturing abroad well nigh impossible.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet, an orderly, riding at hazard, managed to come up with a hundred of the Continental foot, convoying the train, and, turning them in their slopping tracks, start back with them through a road running shin-high in mud and water.
