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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
ALARM
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From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
any
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From this reading Perhaps it was nothing of any consequence; then they would laugh at her.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Perhaps it was nothing of any consequence; then they would laugh at her.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
boat
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From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
Busters
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From this reading The Go-Aheads and the Busters were rivals.
camp
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From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
club
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From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
consequence
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From this reading Perhaps it was nothing of any consequence; then they would laugh at her.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
farther
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From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
friends
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From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
girl
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From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
girls
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From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
Go-Aheads
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From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
hit
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From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
island
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From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps it was nothing of any consequence; then they would laugh at her.
laugh
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From this reading Perhaps it was nothing of any consequence; then they would laugh at her.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
lost
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From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
Mallory
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From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
motor
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From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
NIGHT
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From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Perhaps it was nothing of any consequence; then they would laugh at her.
object
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From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
once
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From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
own
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From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
paddled
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From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
Perhaps
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From this reading Perhaps it was nothing of any consequence; then they would laugh at her.
rivals
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From this reading The Go-Aheads and the Busters were rivals.
say
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From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
saying
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From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
spread
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From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
story
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From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
sunken
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From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
swiftly
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From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading If it _was_ the lost motor boat, to tell the girls might spread the story farther than it ought to be spread at once.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
then
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From this reading Perhaps it was nothing of any consequence; then they would laugh at her.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Perhaps it was nothing of any consequence; then they would laugh at her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Perhaps it was nothing of any consequence; then they would laugh at her.
water
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From this reading She determined not to say anything to her girl friends of the club about the sunken object she had hit under the water.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Go-Aheads and the Busters were rivals.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Perhaps it was nothing of any consequence; then they would laugh at her.
Wyn
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From this reading THE NIGHT ALARM Wyn Mallory had "another mind," as the saying is, before the Go-Aheads left the island and paddled swiftly for their own camp.
