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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 This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
advances
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From this reading It was from the biggest face that the voice had come, and Dorothy responded with a courteous "Good-morning!" then waited for further advances.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
beheld
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
biggest
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From this reading It was from the biggest face that the voice had come, and Dorothy responded with a courteous "Good-morning!" then waited for further advances.
broadly
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From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
came
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From this reading These came promptly.
Chester
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
CO
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From this reading New York THE PLATT & PECK CO.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was from the biggest face that the voice had come, and Dorothy responded with a courteous "Good-morning!" then waited for further advances.
courteous
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From this reading It was from the biggest face that the voice had come, and Dorothy responded with a courteous "Good-morning!" then waited for further advances.
curiosity
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From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
Dorothy
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
equallynounUS /ˈequally/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
face
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From this reading It was from the biggest face that the voice had come, and Dorothy responded with a courteous "Good-morning!" then waited for further advances.
faces
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From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
friendly
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From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
full
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From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
further
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From this reading It was from the biggest face that the voice had come, and Dorothy responded with a courteous "Good-morning!" then waited for further advances.
Good-morning
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From this reading It was from the biggest face that the voice had come, and Dorothy responded with a courteous "Good-morning!" then waited for further advances.
grass
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was from the biggest face that the voice had come, and Dorothy responded with a courteous "Good-morning!" then waited for further advances.
jumped
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
New
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From this reading New York THE PLATT & PECK CO.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
PECK
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From this reading New York THE PLATT & PECK CO.
pink
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
PLATT
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From this reading New York THE PLATT & PECK CO.
promptly
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From this reading These came promptly.
responded
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From this reading It was from the biggest face that the voice had come, and Dorothy responded with a courteous "Good-morning!" then waited for further advances.
rising
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
rosy
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From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
row
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
salutation
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
searching
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
sizes
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From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
smiling
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From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
stone
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
strawberries
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
sunbonnets
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading New York THE PLATT & PECK CO.
then
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From this reading It was from the biggest face that the voice had come, and Dorothy responded with a courteous "Good-morning!" then waited for further advances.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These came promptly.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
three
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From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
unexpected
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
varying
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From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
voice
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From this reading It was from the biggest face that the voice had come, and Dorothy responded with a courteous "Good-morning!" then waited for further advances.
waited
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From this reading It was from the biggest face that the voice had come, and Dorothy responded with a courteous "Good-morning!" then waited for further advances.
wall
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
wild
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From this reading This salutation was so sudden and unexpected that Dorothy Chester jumped, and rising from the grass, where she had been searching for wild strawberries, beheld a row of pink sunbonnets behind the great stone wall.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was from the biggest face that the voice had come, and Dorothy responded with a courteous "Good-morning!" then waited for further advances.
WithinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Within the sunbonnets were three equally rosy faces, of varying sizes, each smiling broadly and each full of a friendly curiosity.
York
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From this reading New York THE PLATT & PECK CO.
