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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 Once there came a wild, dark night.
abhorrent
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From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
become
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From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
behavior
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From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
black
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From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
broke
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From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I could by no means understand it.
came
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From this reading Once there came a wild, dark night.
claps
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From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
clouds
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corner
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From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could by no means understand it.
covered
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dark
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From this reading Once there came a wild, dark night.
down
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drenching
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everyonepronounUS /ˈevriwʌn/
every person
From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
excitement
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From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
hail
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From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
hid
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From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
house
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From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
inside
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From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
interested
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From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I could by no means understand it.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
lightened
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From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
many
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From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
means
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much
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From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
neighbors
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From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
night
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From this reading Once there came a wild, dark night.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I could by no means understand it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
Once
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From this reading Once there came a wild, dark night.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
people's
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pitch
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From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
rain
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From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
reason
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From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
roofs
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From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
sky
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From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
stormy
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From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
there
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From this reading Once there came a wild, dark night.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
thundered
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From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
tore
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From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
turning
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From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could by no means understand it.
upside
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very
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From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
wanted
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From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
whereverconjunctionUS /weˈrevər/
in or to any place at all
From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
why
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From this reading The excitement of my neighbors and their behavior to me interested me very little; but I wanted very much to know the reason why I had suddenly become abhorrent to them?
wild
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From this reading Once there came a wild, dark night.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
windows
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From this reading The great thunder claps and the hail broke a good many people's windows, the wind tore at the roofs, and everyone hid inside his house, or wherever he found a corner.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
world
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From this reading The sky was covered with black clouds, there was a drenching rain and hail and a stormy wind, it was pitch dark, and it lightened and thundered, as though the world were turning upside down.
