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Aberfoyle
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From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
air
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From this reading Draughts of air rushed along the ventilating galleries, and the wooden swing-doors slammed beneath their violent gusts.
all
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From this reading Hollow, cavernous noises resounded on all sides.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Draughts of air rushed along the ventilating galleries, and the wooden swing-doors slammed beneath their violent gusts.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Draughts of air rushed along the ventilating galleries, and the wooden swing-doors slammed beneath their violent gusts.
blasted
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From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
bored
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From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
carboniferous
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From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
cavernous
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From this reading Hollow, cavernous noises resounded on all sides.
charges
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From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
coal
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From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
colliery
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From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
crash
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From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
crowbar
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From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
day
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From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
distance
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From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
Draughts
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From this reading Draughts of air rushed along the ventilating galleries, and the wooden swing-doors slammed beneath their violent gusts.
dynamite
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From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
galleries
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From this reading Draughts of air rushed along the ventilating galleries, and the wooden swing-doors slammed beneath their violent gusts.
going
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From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
grating
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From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
gusts
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From this reading Draughts of air rushed along the ventilating galleries, and the wooden swing-doors slammed beneath their violent gusts.
harsh
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From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
heard
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From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
Hollow
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From this reading Hollow, cavernous noises resounded on all sides.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
loosened
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From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
machines
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From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
masses
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From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
New
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From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
noises
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From this reading Hollow, cavernous noises resounded on all sides.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
perforating
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From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
pick-ax
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From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
regular
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From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
resounded
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From this reading Hollow, cavernous noises resounded on all sides.
rocks
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From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
rushed
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From this reading Draughts of air rushed along the ventilating galleries, and the wooden swing-doors slammed beneath their violent gusts.
sandstone
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From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
schist
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From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
sides
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From this reading Hollow, cavernous noises resounded on all sides.
slammed
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From this reading Draughts of air rushed along the ventilating galleries, and the wooden swing-doors slammed beneath their violent gusts.
swing-doors
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From this reading Draughts of air rushed along the ventilating galleries, and the wooden swing-doors slammed beneath their violent gusts.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
there
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From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
usual
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From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
ventilating
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From this reading Draughts of air rushed along the ventilating galleries, and the wooden swing-doors slammed beneath their violent gusts.
violentnounUS /ˈviolent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Draughts of air rushed along the ventilating galleries, and the wooden swing-doors slammed beneath their violent gusts.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
way
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From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In the distance could be heard the crash of great charges of dynamite, by which the carboniferous rocks were blasted.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Here masses of coal were loosened by pick-ax and crowbar; there the perforating machines, with their harsh grating, bored through the masses of sandstone and schist.
wooden
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From this reading Draughts of air rushed along the ventilating galleries, and the wooden swing-doors slammed beneath their violent gusts.
work
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From this reading On that day, in the colliery of New Aberfoyle, work was going on in the usual regular way.
