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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 A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
ammunition
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From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
away
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
backwoods
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From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
bird
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From this reading The gunners had fired on the same bird.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
BothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
bred
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From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
Canada
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From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
careful
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From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
charge
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From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
Colts
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From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
Corney
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
early
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
enjoyed
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From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
examination
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From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
fired
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From this reading The gunners had fired on the same bird.
food
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From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
gunners
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From this reading The gunners had fired on the same bird.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
heartiness
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From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
home
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From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
Irish
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From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
Irish-Canadian
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
joke
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From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
led
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
lives
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
log
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
lost
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From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
luxuries
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
makes
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From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
manhood
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
merriment
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
now
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The gunners had fired on the same bird.
Pigeon
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From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
rifle-ball
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From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
roughness
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The gunners had fired on the same bird.
scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
scarcity
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
serious
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From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
shanty
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
shot
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From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
showed
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From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
side
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From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
six-foot
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
sources
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
specimen
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
spirit
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From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
superb
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
synonym
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From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
very
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From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
well
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From this reading A careful examination showed that a rifle-ball as well as a charge of shot had struck the Pigeon.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Corney, a superb specimen of a six-foot Irish-Canadian in early manhood, now led away to the log shanty where the very scarcity of luxuries and the roughness of their lives were sources of merriment.
wit
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From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
world-wide
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From this reading For the Colts, though born and bred in the backwoods of Canada, had lost nothing of the spirit that makes the Irish blood a world-wide synonym of heartiness and wit.
