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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 The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
anchor
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From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
approach
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From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
beach
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From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
boughs
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From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
chains
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From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
chin
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From this reading Woolfolk had a momentary glimpse of a huge nose and rapidly moving lips above an impotent chin.
clatter
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From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
corner
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From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
crossing
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
directlynounUS /ˈdirectly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
drooping
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
extended
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
failed
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From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
frenzied
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From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
fringe
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From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
Gar
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From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
gazing
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From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
glimpse
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From this reading Woolfolk had a momentary glimpse of a huge nose and rapidly moving lips above an impotent chin.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Woolfolk had a momentary glimpse of a huge nose and rapidly moving lips above an impotent chin.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
head
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
heavy
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
house
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From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
huge
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From this reading Woolfolk had a momentary glimpse of a huge nose and rapidly moving lips above an impotent chin.
impotent
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From this reading Woolfolk had a momentary glimpse of a huge nose and rapidly moving lips above an impotent chin.
indication
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From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
individual
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From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
inner
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From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
ketch
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From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
lashing
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From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
lips
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From this reading Woolfolk had a momentary glimpse of a huge nose and rapidly moving lips above an impotent chin.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
man
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
momentary
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From this reading Woolfolk had a momentary glimpse of a huge nose and rapidly moving lips above an impotent chin.
mournful
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From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
moved
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
moving
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From this reading Woolfolk had a momentary glimpse of a huge nose and rapidly moving lips above an impotent chin.
Nicholas
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From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
noise
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From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
nose
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From this reading Woolfolk had a momentary glimpse of a huge nose and rapidly moving lips above an impotent chin.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
oleanders
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
oppressively
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
other
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
out
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From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
period
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
pounding
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From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
rapidly
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From this reading Woolfolk had a momentary glimpse of a huge nose and rapidly moving lips above an impotent chin.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
rough
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
see
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
seen
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From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
shingles
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From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
shoulders
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
shrilled
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From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
slightest
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From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
sunken
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
then
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
there
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From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The noise was so great that he failed to hear the slightest indication of the approach of Nicholas until that individual passed directly before him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Nicholas stopped at the inner fringe of the beach and, from a point where he could not be seen from the ketch, stood gazing out at the _Gar_ pounding on her long anchor chains.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wind shrilled about the corner of the house; there was a mournful clatter of shingles from above and the frenzied lashing of boughs.
Woolfolk
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From this reading The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders.
