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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 JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
ABOUTprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
ancestry
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From this reading His nose was a bit blunt; and this, and his head, and his stubbornness, caused critics to hold that somewhere in his ancestry was a strain of bulldog blood.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
awkward
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From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
barn
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From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
betwixtprepositionUS /biˈtwɪkst/
an old word for “between”
From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
bit
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From this reading His nose was a bit blunt; and this, and his head, and his stubbornness, caused critics to hold that somewhere in his ancestry was a strain of bulldog blood.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His nose was a bit blunt; and this, and his head, and his stubbornness, caused critics to hold that somewhere in his ancestry was a strain of bulldog blood.
blunt
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From this reading His nose was a bit blunt; and this, and his head, and his stubbornness, caused critics to hold that somewhere in his ancestry was a strain of bulldog blood.
BOB
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From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
boys
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From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
bulldog
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From this reading His nose was a bit blunt; and this, and his head, and his stubbornness, caused critics to hold that somewhere in his ancestry was a strain of bulldog blood.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
caused
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From this reading His nose was a bit blunt; and this, and his head, and his stubbornness, caused critics to hold that somewhere in his ancestry was a strain of bulldog blood.
credit
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From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
critics
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From this reading His nose was a bit blunt; and this, and his head, and his stubbornness, caused critics to hold that somewhere in his ancestry was a strain of bulldog blood.
dog
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From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
dogs
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From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
eye-teethhood
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From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
family
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From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
food
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From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
full
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From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
grown
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From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
Hal
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From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
head
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From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
hobbledehoy
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From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
hold
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From this reading His nose was a bit blunt; and this, and his head, and his stubbornness, caused critics to hold that somewhere in his ancestry was a strain of bulldog blood.
household
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From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
intelligence
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From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
JUST
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From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
kind
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From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
larger
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From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
manners
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From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
Miller
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From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
Ned
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From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
nose
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From this reading His nose was a bit blunt; and this, and his head, and his stubbornness, caused critics to hold that somewhere in his ancestry was a strain of bulldog blood.
now
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From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
Out
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From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
period
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From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
pleasing
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From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
pointer
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From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
puppyhood
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From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
rather
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From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
rescue
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From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
respectable
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From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
rounded
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From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
sappy
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From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
sign
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From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
somewhere
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From this reading His nose was a bit blunt; and this, and his head, and his stubbornness, caused critics to hold that somewhere in his ancestry was a strain of bulldog blood.
state
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From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
strain
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From this reading His nose was a bit blunt; and this, and his head, and his stubbornness, caused critics to hold that somewhere in his ancestry was a strain of bulldog blood.
strong
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From this reading JUST ABOUT BOB Bob had now rounded into a fine, strong dog, pleasing in manners and respectable in appearance.
stubbornness
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From this reading His nose was a bit blunt; and this, and his head, and his stubbornness, caused critics to hold that somewhere in his ancestry was a strain of bulldog blood.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
treatment
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From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
unusually
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From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
up
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From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the time of his rescue from the barn by Ned and Hal he was in his hobbledehoy period--in dogs, as in boys, that awkward, sappy state betwixt puppyhood and eye-teethhood.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Out of this he had grown up, under the good food and kind treatment of the Miller household, into a dog who was a credit to the family.
wide
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From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was rather larger than a pointer should be, with a head unusually wide and full, a sign of great intelligence.
