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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 Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
always
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From this reading I have always liked to see a horse or an ox eat his dinner.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I have always liked to see a horse or an ox eat his dinner.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
ate
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
basket
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
bits
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From this reading We took the bits out of the horses' mouths, leaving the headstalls on them, and they fell to with the hearty impatience of the very hungry.
BLACKSMITH
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
blue
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
bowls
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
brought
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
chestnut
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
CHRISTIAN
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
cob
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
corn
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
cows
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
dinner
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
Dutch
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
eat
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From this reading I have always liked to see a horse or an ox eat his dinner.
feed
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From this reading Then we went to feed the horses.
fell
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From this reading We took the bits out of the horses' mouths, leaving the headstalls on them, and they fell to with the hearty impatience of the very hungry.
filled
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have always liked to see a horse or an ox eat his dinner.
headstalls
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From this reading We took the bits out of the horses' mouths, leaving the headstalls on them, and they fell to with the hearty impatience of the very hungry.
heartyadjectiveUS /ˈhɑrti/
large, enthusiastic, and satisfying, especially of a meal
From this reading We took the bits out of the horses' mouths, leaving the headstalls on them, and they fell to with the hearty impatience of the very hungry.
hickory
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I have always liked to see a horse or an ox eat his dinner.
horse
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From this reading I have always liked to see a horse or an ox eat his dinner.
horses
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From this reading Then we went to feed the horses.
hungry
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From this reading We took the bits out of the horses' mouths, leaving the headstalls on them, and they fell to with the hearty impatience of the very hungry.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have always liked to see a horse or an ox eat his dinner.
impatience
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From this reading We took the bits out of the horses' mouths, leaving the headstalls on them, and they fell to with the hearty impatience of the very hungry.
kneeling
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
lay
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
leaving
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From this reading We took the bits out of the horses' mouths, leaving the headstalls on them, and they fell to with the hearty impatience of the very hungry.
liked
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From this reading I have always liked to see a horse or an ox eat his dinner.
long
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
mouths
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From this reading We took the bits out of the horses' mouths, leaving the headstalls on them, and they fell to with the hearty impatience of the very hungry.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We took the bits out of the horses' mouths, leaving the headstalls on them, and they fell to with the hearty impatience of the very hungry.
old
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I have always liked to see a horse or an ox eat his dinner.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
out
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
ox
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From this reading I have always liked to see a horse or an ox eat his dinner.
purple
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
quaint
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
queer
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
roadside
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
Roy
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
see
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From this reading I have always liked to see a horse or an ox eat his dinner.
split
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
teacups
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From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
Then
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From this reading Then we went to feed the horses.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We took the bits out of the horses' mouths, leaving the headstalls on them, and they fell to with the hearty impatience of the very hungry.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then we went to feed the horses.
took
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From this reading We took the bits out of the horses' mouths, leaving the headstalls on them, and they fell to with the hearty impatience of the very hungry.
trough
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
very
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From this reading We took the bits out of the horses' mouths, leaving the headstalls on them, and they fell to with the hearty impatience of the very hungry.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
went
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From this reading Then we went to feed the horses.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
white
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
wiped
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From this reading Roy brought us a hickory split basket filled with white corn on the cob, and wiped out a long chestnut trough which lay by the roadside.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH We ate our dinner from the quaint old Dutch blue bowls, and the teacups with the queer kneeling purple cows on them.
