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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 Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
Afeard
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
Allus
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
away
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
BOOKBINDERS
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From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Boy
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From this reading _DEDICATION_ HEWITT HANSON HOWLAND WITH HALEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND FRATERNAL _Little Boy!
BRAUNWORTH
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From this reading December PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BROOKLYN
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From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
calling
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
Can't
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
CHRISTMAS
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From this reading _DEDICATION_ HEWITT HANSON HOWLAND WITH HALEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND FRATERNAL _Little Boy!
Claus
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
CO
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From this reading December PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
comes
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
December
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From this reading December PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
DEDICATION
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From this reading _DEDICATION_ HEWITT HANSON HOWLAND WITH HALEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND FRATERNAL _Little Boy!
Defective
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
ef
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
Etty
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
FRATERNAL
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From this reading _DEDICATION_ HEWITT HANSON HOWLAND WITH HALEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND FRATERNAL _Little Boy!
GREETINGS
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From this reading _DEDICATION_ HEWITT HANSON HOWLAND WITH HALEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND FRATERNAL _Little Boy!
HALEST
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From this reading _DEDICATION_ HEWITT HANSON HOWLAND WITH HALEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND FRATERNAL _Little Boy!
Halloo
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From this reading Halloo!--halloo!
HANSON
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From this reading _DEDICATION_ HEWITT HANSON HOWLAND WITH HALEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND FRATERNAL _Little Boy!
happen
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
he's
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
HEWITT
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From this reading _DEDICATION_ HEWITT HANSON HOWLAND WITH HALEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND FRATERNAL _Little Boy!
house
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
HOWLAND
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From this reading _DEDICATION_ HEWITT HANSON HOWLAND WITH HALEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND FRATERNAL _Little Boy!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
Lee-Bob
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
like
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _DEDICATION_ HEWITT HANSON HOWLAND WITH HALEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND FRATERNAL _Little Boy!
Ma
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
Mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
N
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From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Nen
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
night
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading December PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
Pa
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
play
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
PRESS
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From this reading December PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
PRINTERS
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From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Santa
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
says
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
Sidney
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
stay
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
Uncle
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
used
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _DEDICATION_ HEWITT HANSON HOWLAND WITH HALEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND FRATERNAL _Little Boy!
won't
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From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
Y
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From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Can't you hear me calling you?-- Little Boy that used to be, Come in here and play with me._ A Defective Santa Claus A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay At our house here--so Ma an' me An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't be Afeard ef anything at night Might happen--like Ma says it might.
