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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 AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
abstractedly
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
accepted
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From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
ARMISTICE
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From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
blur
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From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
brain
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
buildings
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From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
busy
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
came
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From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
constant
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From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
Courthorne
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From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
crest
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From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
desolation
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
detection
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From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
dismal
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From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
down
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
drawing
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From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
driving
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From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
endless
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
farm
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From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
fear
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From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
Four
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From this reading Four months had passed since he came to Silverdale, and they had left their mark on him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
gazing
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Four months had passed since he came to Silverdale, and they had left their mark on him.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Four months had passed since he came to Silverdale, and they had left their mark on him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
home
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From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
huddled
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From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
Lance
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From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
latter's
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From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Four months had passed since he came to Silverdale, and they had left their mark on him.
lessened
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From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
lifted
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From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
like
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
lonely
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From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
mark
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From this reading Four months had passed since he came to Silverdale, and they had left their mark on him.
met
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From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
months
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From this reading Four months had passed since he came to Silverdale, and they had left their mark on him.
noticed
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From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
out
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From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Four months had passed since he came to Silverdale, and they had left their mark on him.
prairie
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From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
railroad
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From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
record
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From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
riband
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
rise
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From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
scarcely
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From this reading It lifted itself out of the prairie, a blur of huddled buildings on the crest of a long rise, but at first sight Witham scarcely noticed it.
sight
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From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
Silverdale
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From this reading Four months had passed since he came to Silverdale, and they had left their mark on him.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Four months had passed since he came to Silverdale, and they had left their mark on him.
sinuous
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
smear
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Four months had passed since he came to Silverdale, and they had left their mark on him.
there
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From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Four months had passed since he came to Silverdale, and they had left their mark on him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Four months had passed since he came to Silverdale, and they had left their mark on him.
trail
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
turn
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From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
unfortunate
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From this reading At first there had been the constant fear of detection, and when that had lessened and he was accepted as Lance Courthorne, the latter's unfortunate record had met him at every turn.
unrolled
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
white
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From this reading He was gazing abstractedly down the sinuous smear of trail which unrolled itself like an endless riband across the great white desolation, and his brain was busy.
Witham
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From this reading AN ARMISTICE The dismal afternoon was drawing in when Witham, driving home from the railroad, came into sight of a lonely farm.
