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1940
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Maybe you've heard about the migrants lately, or have seen pictures of them in the magazines.
AcrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
all
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
Bean
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From this reading Photographs of migrant homes and migrant Centers will be found in the picture story book _Jack Of The Bean Fields_, by Nina Millen.
Bonnie
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From this reading Dear Mary and Bonnie and Jack and the rest of my readers:
book
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From this reading Photographs of migrant homes and migrant Centers will be found in the picture story book _Jack Of The Bean Fields_, by Nina Millen.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
c
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
Candelaria
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
Cars
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
Centers
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From this reading Photographs of migrant homes and migrant Centers will be found in the picture story book _Jack Of The Bean Fields_, by Nina Millen.
child
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
children
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
Cover
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
Dear
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From this reading Dear Mary and Bonnie and Jack and the rest of my readers:
dedicated
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
E
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
Fei-Kin
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
Fields
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From this reading Photographs of migrant homes and migrant Centers will be found in the picture story book _Jack Of The Bean Fields_, by Nina Millen.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
Friendship
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
Fruited
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
Guide
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Maybe you've heard about the migrants lately, or have seen pictures of them in the magazines.
heard
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From this reading Maybe you've heard about the migrants lately, or have seen pictures of them in the magazines.
Hoeing
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
homes
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From this reading Photographs of migrant homes and migrant Centers will be found in the picture story book _Jack Of The Bean Fields_, by Nina Millen.
Illustration
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
Isabell
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
Jack
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From this reading Photographs of migrant homes and migrant Centers will be found in the picture story book _Jack Of The Bean Fields_, by Nina Millen.
Junior
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
lately
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From this reading Maybe you've heard about the migrants lately, or have seen pictures of them in the magazines.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
Mae
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
magazines
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From this reading Maybe you've heard about the migrants lately, or have seen pictures of them in the magazines.
Margaret
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
Mary
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
Maybe
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From this reading Maybe you've heard about the migrants lately, or have seen pictures of them in the magazines.
migrant
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From this reading Photographs of migrant homes and migrant Centers will be found in the picture story book _Jack Of The Bean Fields_, by Nina Millen.
Migrants
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
Millen
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From this reading Photographs of migrant homes and migrant Centers will be found in the picture story book _Jack Of The Bean Fields_, by Nina Millen.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Dear Mary and Bonnie and Jack and the rest of my readers:
Nawamana
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
New
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
newest
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
Nina
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From this reading Photographs of migrant homes and migrant Centers will be found in the picture story book _Jack Of The Bean Fields_, by Nina Millen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Photographs of migrant homes and migrant Centers will be found in the picture story book _Jack Of The Bean Fields_, by Nina Millen.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Maybe you've heard about the migrants lately, or have seen pictures of them in the magazines.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
Photographs
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From this reading Photographs of migrant homes and migrant Centers will be found in the picture story book _Jack Of The Bean Fields_, by Nina Millen.
Picking
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
picture
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From this reading Photographs of migrant homes and migrant Centers will be found in the picture story book _Jack Of The Bean Fields_, by Nina Millen.
pictures
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From this reading Maybe you've heard about the migrants lately, or have seen pictures of them in the magazines.
Plain
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
Plans
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
Press
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
procedures
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
readers
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From this reading Dear Mary and Bonnie and Jack and the rest of my readers:
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dear Mary and Bonnie and Jack and the rest of my readers:
seen
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From this reading Maybe you've heard about the migrants lately, or have seen pictures of them in the magazines.
story
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From this reading Photographs of migrant homes and migrant Centers will be found in the picture story book _Jack Of The Bean Fields_, by Nina Millen.
Teacher's
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Maybe you've heard about the migrants lately, or have seen pictures of them in the magazines.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
Tomoko
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
troop
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
using
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
Weeding
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
whole
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
Willie
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From this reading This book is dedicated to a whole troop of children "across the fruited plain": Tomoko, Willie May, Fei-Kin, Nawamana, Candelaria and Isabell, and to the newest child of all--our little Mary Margaret.
York
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
you've
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From this reading Maybe you've heard about the migrants lately, or have seen pictures of them in the magazines.
Young
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From this reading [Cover Illustration: Cars] [Cover Illustration: Hoeing] [Cover Illustration: Picking] [Cover Illustration: Weeding] New York : Friendship Press, c1940 Plans and procedures for using _Across The Fruited Plain_ will be found in "A Junior Teacher's Guide on the Migrants," by E. Mae Young.
