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Chapter IV
THE FROZEN POND Daddy Blake hurried down cellar. Hal and Mab carefully putting away their new skates, followed their father. Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step. "Hal! Mab!" called Aunt Lolly.
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any thing at all
From this reading “Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.”
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From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hal and Mab carefully putting away their new skates, followed their father.
any thing at all
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
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From this reading Mab!" called Aunt Lolly.
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From this reading Hal and Mab carefully putting away their new skates, followed their father.
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From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
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From this reading THE FROZEN POND Daddy Blake hurried down cellar.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
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From this reading Mab!" called Aunt Lolly.
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From this reading Hal and Mab carefully putting away their new skates, followed their father.
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From this reading THE FROZEN POND Daddy Blake hurried down cellar.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
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From this reading THE FROZEN POND Daddy Blake hurried down cellar.
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From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
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From this reading THE FROZEN POND Daddy Blake hurried down cellar.
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From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
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From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
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From this reading Hal and Mab carefully putting away their new skates, followed their father.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hal and Mab carefully putting away their new skates, followed their father.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FROZEN POND Daddy Blake hurried down cellar.
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From this reading Hal and Mab carefully putting away their new skates, followed their father.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FROZEN POND Daddy Blake hurried down cellar.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mab!" called Aunt Lolly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hal and Mab carefully putting away their new skates, followed their father.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hal and Mab carefully putting away their new skates, followed their father.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FROZEN POND Daddy Blake hurried down cellar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hal and Mab carefully putting away their new skates, followed their father.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hal and Mab carefully putting away their new skates, followed their father.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FROZEN POND Daddy Blake hurried down cellar.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Hal and Mab carefully putting away their new skates, followed their father.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Roly-Poly, the little fat poodle dog looked around to see if he could find anything to drag off and hide, but, seeing nothing, he went down cellar also, barking loudly at each step.
