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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 ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
affairs
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
ahead
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From this reading The tall, unconscious lad who stepped ahead of me had been made safe in spite of himself.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
ARREST
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The tall, unconscious lad who stepped ahead of me had been made safe in spite of himself.
bound
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
Boyne
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
bungalow
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
crossed
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
dining
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dinner
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
embarrassing
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
encountered
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From this reading He'd taken it well--seconding his wife's dinner invitation, meeting my eye frankly whenever we encountered.
evening
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
expansive
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From this reading My mood was expansive.
eye
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From this reading He'd taken it well--seconding his wife's dinner invitation, meeting my eye frankly whenever we encountered.
felt
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
frankly
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From this reading He'd taken it well--seconding his wife's dinner invitation, meeting my eye frankly whenever we encountered.
front
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
Gilbert
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The tall, unconscious lad who stepped ahead of me had been made safe in spite of himself.
He'd
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From this reading He'd taken it well--seconding his wife's dinner invitation, meeting my eye frankly whenever we encountered.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The tall, unconscious lad who stepped ahead of me had been made safe in spite of himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He'd taken it well--seconding his wife's dinner invitation, meeting my eye frankly whenever we encountered.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
informal
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
invitation
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From this reading He'd taken it well--seconding his wife's dinner invitation, meeting my eye frankly whenever we encountered.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
Jerry
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
joyous
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
kindly
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
lad
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From this reading The tall, unconscious lad who stepped ahead of me had been made safe in spite of himself.
legs
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
made
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From this reading The tall, unconscious lad who stepped ahead of me had been made safe in spite of himself.
man
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The tall, unconscious lad who stepped ahead of me had been made safe in spite of himself.
meeting
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From this reading He'd taken it well--seconding his wife's dinner invitation, meeting my eye frankly whenever we encountered.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
mood
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From this reading My mood was expansive.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
off
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
pergola
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
private
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
safe
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From this reading The tall, unconscious lad who stepped ahead of me had been made safe in spite of himself.
seconding
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From this reading He'd taken it well--seconding his wife's dinner invitation, meeting my eye frankly whenever we encountered.
spite
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From this reading The tall, unconscious lad who stepped ahead of me had been made safe in spite of himself.
stepped
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From this reading The tall, unconscious lad who stepped ahead of me had been made safe in spite of himself.
stretch
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
table
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
taken
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From this reading He'd taken it well--seconding his wife's dinner invitation, meeting my eye frankly whenever we encountered.
tall
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From this reading The tall, unconscious lad who stepped ahead of me had been made safe in spite of himself.
thankful
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
unconscious
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From this reading The tall, unconscious lad who stepped ahead of me had been made safe in spite of himself.
uncovered
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
Vandeman
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
wake
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
weight
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
well
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From this reading He'd taken it well--seconding his wife's dinner invitation, meeting my eye frankly whenever we encountered.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
wheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/
at any time that; every time that
From this reading He'd taken it well--seconding his wife's dinner invitation, meeting my eye frankly whenever we encountered.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
whole
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
wife's
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From this reading He'd taken it well--seconding his wife's dinner invitation, meeting my eye frankly whenever we encountered.
world
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From this reading This weight off my mind, I felt kindly to the whole world, to the man under whose dining table we were to stretch our legs, whose embarrassing private affairs I had uncovered.
Worth
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From this reading AN ARREST It was a thankful if not a joyous Jerry Boyne who crossed the front pergola of the Vandeman bungalow that evening in the wake of Worth Gilbert, bound for an informal dinner.
