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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
banks
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading It is called the Laughing Valley because everything there is happy and gay.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
big
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From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
brook
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
busy
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From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
called
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From this reading It is called the Laughing Valley because everything there is happy and gay.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
castle
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From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
chuckles
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
Claus
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From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
content
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From this reading To laugh one needs to be happy; to be happy one needs to be content.
dance
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
end
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From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading It is called the Laughing Valley because everything there is happy and gay.
fairies
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From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
flowers
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
gay
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From this reading It is called the Laughing Valley because everything there is happy and gay.
grass
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
green
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
happy
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From this reading It is called the Laughing Valley because everything there is happy and gay.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is called the Laughing Valley because everything there is happy and gay.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
knooks
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From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
laugh
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From this reading To laugh one needs to be happy; to be happy one needs to be content.
Laughing
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From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
leaps
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
lightly
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
live
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From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
lives
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From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
manufactured
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From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
merrily
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
needs
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From this reading To laugh one needs to be happy; to be happy one needs to be content.
nests
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
pixies
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From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
rambling
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From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
rollicking
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
ryls
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From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
Santa
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From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
selected
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From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
smilingly
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
soft
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
stands
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From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
sunbeams
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
there
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From this reading It is called the Laughing Valley because everything there is happy and gay.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
toys
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From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
trees
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
up
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
Valley
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From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
violets
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
whistles
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
wild
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From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers look smilingly up from their green nests.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
workmen
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From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
year's
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From this reading His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.
