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The Sweep Winner

Chapter XXVII

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WHAT A FINISH!
What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.
It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.
His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.
The shouting was tremendous.
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The Sweep Winner

Chapter XXVII

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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WHAT A FINISH!
Line 2
What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.
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It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.
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His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.
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The shouting was tremendous.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.”

Body noun US /body/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.”

Course noun US /course/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.”

Done noun US /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.”

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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 WHAT A FINISH!

ahead

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From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

Barellan

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From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

beat

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From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.

bodynounUS /body/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.

came

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From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

coursenounUS /course/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

donenounUS /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.

field

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From this reading His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.

FINISH

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From this reading WHAT A FINISH!

forging

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From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

galloping

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From this reading His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.

Glen

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From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.

HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.

hopeless

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From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

jacket

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From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

Leigh's

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From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

like

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From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.

pace

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From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

position

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From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

promising

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From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

pulses

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From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

quivered

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From this reading His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.

rapidly

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From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

shouting

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From this reading The shouting was tremendous.

sight

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From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

situation

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From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

sky-blue

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From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

standstill

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From this reading His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

thrilling

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From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.

tremendous

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From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

turned

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From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

up

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From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading What looked like a hopeless position was turned into a promising situation as Barellan came up the course at a tremendous pace.

watched

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From this reading His body quivered as it had never done before as he watched Barellan galloping the field to a standstill.

watching

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From this reading It was a thrilling sight, watching the sky-blue jacket forging ahead, and Glen Leigh's pulses beat rapidly.

WHATpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading WHAT A FINISH!