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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 BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Not that Carrier Ted cared anything about it.
abstractedly
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From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Not that Carrier Ted cared anything about it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
BARJONA'S
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
breakfast
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
brow
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From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
cared
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From this reading Not that Carrier Ted cared anything about it.
careful
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From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
Carrier
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
cart
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
clouds
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From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
deep
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From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
dirty
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From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
down
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From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
DOWNFALL
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
downpour
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From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
effects
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From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
en
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
furniture
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
gained
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From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
garden
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From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
gate
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
half-dozen
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From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
hat
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From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
heavy
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From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
household
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From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
masse
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
mastery
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From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
men
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From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
mud
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From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
neighbourly
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From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
night
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From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
nine
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From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
o'clock
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From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
old
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From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
out
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
peonies
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From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
piling
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From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
pushed
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From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
rain
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From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
roadway
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From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
Saturday
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
silk
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From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
Soon
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
struggled
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From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
sun
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From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
Ted
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From this reading Not that Carrier Ted cared anything about it.
Ted's
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Not that Carrier Ted cared anything about it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
There
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From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been a heavy downpour of rain during the night, but the sun struggled through the clouds at breakfast time, and by nine o'clock had gained the mastery.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
turned
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
village
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From this reading BARJONA'S DOWNFALL Soon after breakfast on Saturday a furniture cart stopped at Carrier Ted's gate, and the village turned out _en masse_.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was dirty on the roadway, so the half-dozen neighbourly men who were piling the household effects on to the cart had to be careful not to rest them in the mud.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He stood in the garden with the old silk hat pushed deep down over his brow, and looked abstractedly at his peonies.
