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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 At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Since the beginning of his work with Freedom he had, day after day, come upon Henry Kimball standing by his gate and looking at the sky.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
answer
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Since the beginning of his work with Freedom he had, day after day, come upon Henry Kimball standing by his gate and looking at the sky.
board
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From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
bound
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From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The incident brought a smile to Sam’s lips followed by a kind of weariness of mind.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since the beginning of his work with Freedom he had, day after day, come upon Henry Kimball standing by his gate and looking at the sky.
day
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From this reading Since the beginning of his work with Freedom he had, day after day, come upon Henry Kimball standing by his gate and looking at the sky.
decision
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
driving
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From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
followed
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From this reading The incident brought a smile to Sam’s lips followed by a kind of weariness of mind.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
frame
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From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
Freedom
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From this reading Since the beginning of his work with Freedom he had, day after day, come upon Henry Kimball standing by his gate and looking at the sky.
Freedom's
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From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
front
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From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
gate
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From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
giving
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
grey-haired
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From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
hand
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From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
Henry
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From this reading Since the beginning of his work with Freedom he had, day after day, come upon Henry Kimball standing by his gate and looking at the sky.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Since the beginning of his work with Freedom he had, day after day, come upon Henry Kimball standing by his gate and looking at the sky.
homeward
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From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
house
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
hurried
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From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
incident
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From this reading The incident brought a smile to Sam’s lips followed by a kind of weariness of mind.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
Kimball
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From this reading Since the beginning of his work with Freedom he had, day after day, come upon Henry Kimball standing by his gate and looking at the sky.
kind
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From this reading The incident brought a smile to Sam’s lips followed by a kind of weariness of mind.
lantern
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From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
leaning
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From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
lips
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From this reading The incident brought a smile to Sam’s lips followed by a kind of weariness of mind.
looking
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From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
man
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From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
March
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From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
matter
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The incident brought a smile to Sam’s lips followed by a kind of weariness of mind.
narrow
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
old
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From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
path
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
quavering
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
rain
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
residence
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From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
said
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
Sam
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From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
Sam's
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From this reading The incident brought a smile to Sam’s lips followed by a kind of weariness of mind.
sent
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From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
sidewalk
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From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since the beginning of his work with Freedom he had, day after day, come upon Henry Kimball standing by his gate and looking at the sky.
sky
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From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
smile
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From this reading The incident brought a smile to Sam’s lips followed by a kind of weariness of mind.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Since the beginning of his work with Freedom he had, day after day, come upon Henry Kimball standing by his gate and looking at the sky.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
swinging
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From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
then
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The incident brought a smile to Sam’s lips followed by a kind of weariness of mind.
turned
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Since the beginning of his work with Freedom he had, day after day, come upon Henry Kimball standing by his gate and looking at the sky.
voice
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
waiting
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From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
weariness
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From this reading The incident brought a smile to Sam’s lips followed by a kind of weariness of mind.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
white
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From this reading At the front of a white frame residence a grey-haired old man stood leaning on the gate and looking at the sky.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sam went along the board sidewalk homeward bound, hurried by the driving March wind that had sent the lantern swinging in Freedom’s hand.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Since the beginning of his work with Freedom he had, day after day, come upon Henry Kimball standing by his gate and looking at the sky.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “We shall have a rain,” he said in a quavering voice, as though giving a decision in the matter, and then turned and without waiting for an answer went along a narrow path into the house.
work
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From this reading Since the beginning of his work with Freedom he had, day after day, come upon Henry Kimball standing by his gate and looking at the sky.
