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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 BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
account
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From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading On the hall table as we passed, I noticed a doctorish top coat, with a primly folded muffler laid across it.
all
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading On the hall table as we passed, I noticed a doctorish top coat, with a primly folded muffler laid across it.
back
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From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
basement
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
BOWMAN
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From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
Chung
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
coat
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From this reading On the hall table as we passed, I noticed a doctorish top coat, with a primly folded muffler laid across it.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
competent
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considerably
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From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
couldn't
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From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
doctorish
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From this reading On the hall table as we passed, I noticed a doctorish top coat, with a primly folded muffler laid across it.
downstairs
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
DR
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From this reading DR.
Eddie
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From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
everywhere
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
folded
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From this reading On the hall table as we passed, I noticed a doctorish top coat, with a primly folded muffler laid across it.
followed
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From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
furnace
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
Getting
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
gives
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
going
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
hall
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From this reading On the hall table as we passed, I noticed a doctorish top coat, with a primly folded muffler laid across it.
heard
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From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
heat
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
homelike
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
house
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From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
Hughes
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From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
kitchen
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From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
laid
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From this reading On the hall table as we passed, I noticed a doctorish top coat, with a primly folded muffler laid across it.
lights
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
minute
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From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
more
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From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
muffler
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From this reading On the hall table as we passed, I noticed a doctorish top coat, with a primly folded muffler laid across it.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
noticed
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From this reading On the hall table as we passed, I noticed a doctorish top coat, with a primly folded muffler laid across it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
opened
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the hall table as we passed, I noticed a doctorish top coat, with a primly folded muffler laid across it.
place
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
porch
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From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
primly
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From this reading On the hall table as we passed, I noticed a doctorish top coat, with a primly folded muffler laid across it.
servant
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
shrubbery
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From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
slowly
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From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
table
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From this reading On the hall table as we passed, I noticed a doctorish top coat, with a primly folded muffler laid across it.
talking
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From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
tended
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
top
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From this reading On the hall table as we passed, I noticed a doctorish top coat, with a primly folded muffler laid across it.
turned
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
up
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From this reading Getting into the house we found that Chung had the downstairs all opened up through, lights going, heat turned on from the basement furnace; everywhere that tended, homelike appearance a competent servant gives a place.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
voices
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From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
walked
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From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We walked slowly, talking; when I looked back from the kitchen porch, Worth had already come outside, and I thought Eddie Hughes was with him, though I heard no voices and couldn't be sure on account of the shrubbery between.
Worth
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From this reading BOWMAN But it was considerably more than a minute before Worth followed us to the house.
