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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 Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
acting
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From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In it Beryl King sat looking intently down at her toes.
Beryl
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From this reading In it Beryl King sat looking intently down at her toes.
big
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
boldly
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From this reading Then I came to, and rode boldly up to her, mentally shaking hands with myself over my good luck.
BrokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Broken Motor-car.
came
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
dark-gray
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
down
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From this reading In it Beryl King sat looking intently down at her toes.
fell
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From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
felt
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From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
funny
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From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then I came to, and rode boldly up to her, mentally shaking hands with myself over my good luck.
got
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From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Then I came to, and rode boldly up to her, mentally shaking hands with myself over my good luck.
head
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From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In it Beryl King sat looking intently down at her toes.
Highway
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
hill
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
horse
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From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
intently
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From this reading In it Beryl King sat looking intently down at her toes.
intersects
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In it Beryl King sat looking intently down at her toes.
Kenmore
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
King
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From this reading In it Beryl King sat looking intently down at her toes.
King's
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
Laurel
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
leading
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
looking
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From this reading In it Beryl King sat looking intently down at her toes.
luck
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From this reading Then I came to, and rode boldly up to her, mentally shaking hands with myself over my good luck.
mentally
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From this reading Then I came to, and rode boldly up to her, mentally shaking hands with myself over my good luck.
Motor-car
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From this reading The Broken Motor-car.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Then I came to, and rode boldly up to her, mentally shaking hands with myself over my good luck.
nearly
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From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
off
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From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
Out
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
queer
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From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
road
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
rode
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From this reading Then I came to, and rode boldly up to her, mentally shaking hands with myself over my good luck.
sat
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From this reading In it Beryl King sat looking intently down at her toes.
shakingnounUS /ˈshaking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then I came to, and rode boldly up to her, mentally shaking hands with myself over my good luck.
shock
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From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
stalled
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Broken Motor-car.
then
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From this reading I nearly fell off my horse at the shock of it, and then my blood got to acting funny, so that my head felt queer.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
toes
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From this reading In it Beryl King sat looking intently down at her toes.
touring-car
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
trail
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From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
up
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From this reading Then I came to, and rode boldly up to her, mentally shaking hands with myself over my good luck.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Out where the trail from Kenmore intersects the one leading from Laurel to and through King's Highway, I passed over a little hill and came suddenly upon a big, dark-gray touring-car stalled in the road.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then I came to, and rode boldly up to her, mentally shaking hands with myself over my good luck.
