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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 “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
affair
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
Ah
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From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
all
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From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
amazing
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From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
away
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
Bates
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
battle
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
Bewilderment
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From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
boyhood
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From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
built
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
chaffed
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From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
CHANCES
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From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
CHANGES
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From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
chimney
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
cleaning
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
completion
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From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
day
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From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
Door
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From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
entered
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
explaining
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From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
false
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
gave
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
ghost
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
Glenarm
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From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
hand
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
happy
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From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
hero
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
home-coming
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From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
house
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From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
how
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
human
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
humor
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From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
inscrutable
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
Jack
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From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
John
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From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
just
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
keeper
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
laughed
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From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
led
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
lot
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From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
marks
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
Marshall
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From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
narrow
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
only
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From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
opened
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From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
plans
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From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
played
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
probably
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From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
real
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
really
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From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
remove
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
secrets
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
sent
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
show
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
shrewd
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From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
sketch
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From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
sounded
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
stairway
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
terror
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From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading CHANGES AND CHANCES John Marshall Glenarm had probably never been so happy in his life as on that day of his amazing home-coming.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
tread
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
trouble
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From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
up
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
walls
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From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He led us through the narrow stairway by which he had entered, which had been built between false walls, and we played ghost for one another, to show just how the tread of a human being around the chimney sounded.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He laughed at us and he laughed with us, and as he went about the house explaining his plans for its completion, he chaffed us all with his shrewd humor that had been the terror of my boyhood.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
wreckage
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From this reading He sent us all away to remove the marks of battle, and we gave Bates a hand in cleaning up the wreckage,— Bates, the keeper of secrets; Bates, the inscrutable and mysterious; Bates, the real hero of the affair at Glenarm.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Ah, if you had had the plans of course you would have been saved a lot of trouble; but that little sketch of the Door of Bewilderment was the only thing I left, —and you found it, Jack,—you really opened these good books of mine.”
