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22
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From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
actually
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From this reading It wasn't, of course--actually it had been several years back.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He could remember the afternoon as if it were yesterday.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He could remember the afternoon as if it were yesterday.
autumn
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From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
back
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From this reading It wasn't, of course--actually it had been several years back.
balanced
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From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It wasn't, of course--actually it had been several years back.
comfortably
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From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He could remember the afternoon as if it were yesterday.
couldn't
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It wasn't, of course--actually it had been several years back.
day
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
days
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
desperate
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
earthward
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From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
eleven
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
flutteringverbUS /ˈflʌtərɪŋ/
moving with quick light beats or trembles
From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
gone
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From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It wasn't, of course--actually it had been several years back.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
hickories
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From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
hickory
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From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He could remember the afternoon as if it were yesterday.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
incarnadine
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From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He could remember the afternoon as if it were yesterday.
journeys
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From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
knees
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From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
lazy
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
leaves
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From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
like
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
lovely
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
making
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From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
middle
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From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
other
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
present
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading He could remember the afternoon as if it were yesterday.
settled
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From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
several
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From this reading It wasn't, of course--actually it had been several years back.
shaggy
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From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
shot
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
situation
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
spoil
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
sprawled
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From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
squirrels
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
taken
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From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
trees
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From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
trunk
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From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
wasn't
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From this reading It wasn't, of course--actually it had been several years back.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He could remember the afternoon as if it were yesterday.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It had been around the middle of autumn, about the time when the last incarnadine leaves were making their fluttering journeys earthward.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He had taken his .22 and gone into the woods where the hickory trees were, and he had settled himself comfortably against the shaggy trunk of one of the hickories, the .22 balanced across his sprawled knees.
woods
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From this reading Even his present desperate situation couldn't spoil his memories of other days in the woods: like the lovely, lazy day he shot eleven squirrels....
years
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From this reading It wasn't, of course--actually it had been several years back.
yesterday
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From this reading He could remember the afternoon as if it were yesterday.
