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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 conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
age
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
alighting
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From this reading Ten o'clock next morning saw him alighting from the train at St. Neots.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ten o'clock next morning saw him alighting from the train at St. Neots.
awaited
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
bag
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
boyhood
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
broadest
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
conveyance
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
Drive
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From this reading Everybody flourishing?--Drive first to Mr. Turnbull's office."
driver
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
EverybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading Everybody flourishing?--Drive first to Mr. Turnbull's office."
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everybody flourishing?--Drive first to Mr. Turnbull's office."
flourishing
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From this reading Everybody flourishing?--Drive first to Mr. Turnbull's office."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Ten o'clock next morning saw him alighting from the train at St. Neots.
goes
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From this reading "Well, Sam, how goes it?
grey-headed
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From this reading Mr. Turnbull was a grey-headed man of threescore, much troubled with lumbago, which made him stoop as he walked.
grinned
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ten o'clock next morning saw him alighting from the train at St. Neots.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
how
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From this reading "Well, Sam, how goes it?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Well, Sam, how goes it?
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
known
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
lumbago
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From this reading Mr. Turnbull was a grey-headed man of threescore, much troubled with lumbago, which made him stoop as he walked.
made
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From this reading Mr. Turnbull was a grey-headed man of threescore, much troubled with lumbago, which made him stoop as he walked.
man
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ten o'clock next morning saw him alighting from the train at St. Neots.
Mr
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From this reading Everybody flourishing?--Drive first to Mr. Turnbull's office."
much
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From this reading Mr. Turnbull was a grey-headed man of threescore, much troubled with lumbago, which made him stoop as he walked.
Neots
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From this reading Ten o'clock next morning saw him alighting from the train at St. Neots.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ten o'clock next morning saw him alighting from the train at St. Neots.
o'clock
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From this reading Ten o'clock next morning saw him alighting from the train at St. Neots.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
office
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From this reading Everybody flourishing?--Drive first to Mr. Turnbull's office."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
other
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
own
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
platform
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
ran
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
relievednounUS /ˈrelieved/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
Sam
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From this reading "Well, Sam, how goes it?
saw
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From this reading Ten o'clock next morning saw him alighting from the train at St. Neots.
St
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From this reading Ten o'clock next morning saw him alighting from the train at St. Neots.
station
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
stoop
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From this reading Mr. Turnbull was a grey-headed man of threescore, much troubled with lumbago, which made him stoop as he walked.
telegraphed
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
Ten
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From this reading Ten o'clock next morning saw him alighting from the train at St. Neots.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ten o'clock next morning saw him alighting from the train at St. Neots.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
threescore
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From this reading Mr. Turnbull was a grey-headed man of threescore, much troubled with lumbago, which made him stoop as he walked.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Everybody flourishing?--Drive first to Mr. Turnbull's office."
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
train
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From this reading Ten o'clock next morning saw him alighting from the train at St. Neots.
troubled
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From this reading Mr. Turnbull was a grey-headed man of threescore, much troubled with lumbago, which made him stoop as he walked.
Turnbull
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From this reading Mr. Turnbull was a grey-headed man of threescore, much troubled with lumbago, which made him stoop as he walked.
Turnbull's
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From this reading Everybody flourishing?--Drive first to Mr. Turnbull's office."
walked
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From this reading Mr. Turnbull was a grey-headed man of threescore, much troubled with lumbago, which made him stoop as he walked.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Turnbull was a grey-headed man of threescore, much troubled with lumbago, which made him stoop as he walked.
Well
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From this reading "Well, Sam, how goes it?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. Turnbull was a grey-headed man of threescore, much troubled with lumbago, which made him stoop as he walked.
young
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From this reading A conveyance for which he had telegraphed awaited him at the station; its driver, a young man of his own age (they had known each other from boyhood), grinned his broadest as he ran toward Will on the platform, and relieved him of his bag.
