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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 A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
account
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From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
adventures
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From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
age
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From this reading Harry imagined her a mere child, but she was a maiden of the age of fifteen or sixteen years.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
attended
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From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
attractive
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Jack Ryan declared that she seemed to him to be an uncommonly interesting kind of ghost.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Harry imagined her a mere child, but she was a maiden of the age of fifteen or sixteen years.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
care
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From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
child
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From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
companions
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From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
complexion
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
cottage
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From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
declared
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From this reading Jack Ryan declared that she seemed to him to be an uncommonly interesting kind of ghost.
drawn
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
eyes
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
face
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
feeble
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From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
fifteen
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From this reading Harry imagined her a mere child, but she was a maiden of the age of fifteen or sixteen years.
figure
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
fragile
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
gave
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
gazed
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
ghost
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From this reading Jack Ryan declared that she seemed to him to be an uncommonly interesting kind of ghost.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
Harry
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From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Jack Ryan declared that she seemed to him to be an uncommonly interesting kind of ghost.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
hours
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From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
imagined
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From this reading Harry imagined her a mere child, but she was a maiden of the age of fifteen or sixteen years.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
interesting
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From this reading Jack Ryan declared that she seemed to him to be an uncommonly interesting kind of ghost.
Jack
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From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
kind
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From this reading Jack Ryan declared that she seemed to him to be an uncommonly interesting kind of ghost.
later
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From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
light
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
listened
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From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
Madge
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From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
maidennoun, literaryUS /ˈmeɪdən/
a young woman who is not married
From this reading Harry imagined her a mere child, but she was a maiden of the age of fifteen or sixteen years.
mere
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From this reading Harry imagined her a mere child, but she was a maiden of the age of fifteen or sixteen years.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
old
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From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
once
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Harry imagined her a mere child, but she was a maiden of the age of fifteen or sixteen years.
overman
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From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
pallid
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
pitnounUS /pɪt/
A large hole in the ground, or an abyss of darkness and peril.
From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
rescued
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From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
Ryan
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From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jack Ryan declared that she seemed to him to be an uncommonly interesting kind of ghost.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Harry imagined her a mere child, but she was a maiden of the age of fifteen or sixteen years.
singular
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
sixteen
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From this reading Harry imagined her a mere child, but she was a maiden of the age of fifteen or sixteen years.
slender
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
son
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From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
state
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From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
suffering
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Jack Ryan declared that she seemed to him to be an uncommonly interesting kind of ghost.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
tinged
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
uncommonly
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From this reading Jack Ryan declared that she seemed to him to be an uncommonly interesting kind of ghost.
unconscious
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From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
utmost
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From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
vague
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
very
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From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
wants
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From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Harry imagined her a mere child, but she was a maiden of the age of fifteen or sixteen years.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A couple of hours later, Harry still unconscious, and the child in a very feeble state, were brought to the cottage by Jack Ryan and his companions.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The old overman listened to the account of their adventures, while Madge attended with the utmost care to the wants of her son, and of the poor creature whom he had rescued from the pit.
wondering
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From this reading She gazed at them with vague and wondering eyes; and the thin face, drawn by suffering, the pallid complexion, which light could never have tinged, and the fragile, slender figure, gave her an appearance at once singular and attractive.
years
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From this reading Harry imagined her a mere child, but she was a maiden of the age of fifteen or sixteen years.
