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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 BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
accept
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From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
all
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From this reading She felt sure that he must suffer terribly with that keen, analytical mind of his, when he stopped to think at all.
analytical
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From this reading She felt sure that he must suffer terribly with that keen, analytical mind of his, when he stopped to think at all.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
appeared
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From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
back
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From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
BILLY
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
black
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
canker
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From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
certainty
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had come to have a vague comprehension of the temptation Ward must have felt.
comprehension
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From this reading She had come to have a vague comprehension of the temptation Ward must have felt.
crowding
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
deeply
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From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
developed
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
doubts
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
eaten
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From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
felt
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From this reading She had come to have a vague comprehension of the temptation Ward must have felt.
forever
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
friend
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From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
Frightened
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
GETS
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
gorge
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She had come to have a vague comprehension of the temptation Ward must have felt.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She felt sure that he must suffer terribly with that keen, analytical mind of his, when he stopped to think at all.
heart
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
influences
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From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
just
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
keen
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From this reading She felt sure that he must suffer terribly with that keen, analytical mind of his, when he stopped to think at all.
LOUISE
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She felt sure that he must suffer terribly with that keen, analytical mind of his, when he stopped to think at all.
more
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From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She had come to have a vague comprehension of the temptation Ward must have felt.
narrow
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had come to have a vague comprehension of the temptation Ward must have felt.
old
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From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
pityingly
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From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
possibility
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From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
rocky
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
rode
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
self-respect
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From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
set
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From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
sick
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
stanchly
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From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She felt sure that he must suffer terribly with that keen, analytical mind of his, when he stopped to think at all.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
suffer
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From this reading She felt sure that he must suffer terribly with that keen, analytical mind of his, when he stopped to think at all.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She felt sure that he must suffer terribly with that keen, analytical mind of his, when he stopped to think at all.
surface
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From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
SURPRISE
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
suspicions
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
temptation
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From this reading She had come to have a vague comprehension of the temptation Ward must have felt.
terribly
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From this reading She felt sure that he must suffer terribly with that keen, analytical mind of his, when he stopped to think at all.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had come to accept pityingly the possibility that the canker of old influences had eaten more deeply than appeared on the surface.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She felt sure that he must suffer terribly with that keen, analytical mind of his, when he stopped to think at all.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had come to have a vague comprehension of the temptation Ward must have felt.
up
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
vague
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From this reading She had come to have a vague comprehension of the temptation Ward must have felt.
Ward
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From this reading She had come to have a vague comprehension of the temptation Ward must have felt.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
win
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From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She felt sure that he must suffer terribly with that keen, analytical mind of his, when he stopped to think at all.
worried
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From this reading BILLY LOUISE GETS A SURPRISE Frightened, worried, sick at heart because her crowding doubts and suspicions had suddenly developed into black certainty just when she had thought them dead forever, Billy Louise rode up the narrow, rocky gorge.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She had set herself stanchly beside him as his friend, who would help him win back his self-respect.
