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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 THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
amused
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
ants
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From this reading Others were humble and shabby linked-up day-coaches and dingy smoking-cars, packed with workers, like ants.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Cars are mere vehicles, but locomotives have souls.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
away
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
backing
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
barn
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
BIRDS
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Cars are mere vehicles, but locomotives have souls.
cargoes
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From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
cars
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
day-coaches
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From this reading Others were humble and shabby linked-up day-coaches and dingy smoking-cars, packed with workers, like ants.
dingy
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From this reading Others were humble and shabby linked-up day-coaches and dingy smoking-cars, packed with workers, like ants.
EARLY
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
ease
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From this reading The express engines roll in or stalk out with grandeur and ease.
engines
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From this reading The express engines roll in or stalk out with grandeur and ease.
enormous
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
equipages
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From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading The express engines roll in or stalk out with grandeur and ease.
fittedadjectiveUS /ˈfɪtɪd/
prepared and equipped for a particular purpose
From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
gigantic
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
glide
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From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
grandeur
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From this reading The express engines roll in or stalk out with grandeur and ease.
Gulliverproper nounUS /ˈɡʌl.ɪ.vər/
The famous literary traveler who journeyed to Lilliput and Brobdingnag.
From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Cars are mere vehicles, but locomotives have souls.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
humble
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From this reading Others were humble and shabby linked-up day-coaches and dingy smoking-cars, packed with workers, like ants.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
invisibly
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
ladies
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From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
like
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From this reading Others were humble and shabby linked-up day-coaches and dingy smoking-cars, packed with workers, like ants.
Lilliputian
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From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
linked-up
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From this reading Others were humble and shabby linked-up day-coaches and dingy smoking-cars, packed with workers, like ants.
locomotives
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From this reading Cars are mere vehicles, but locomotives have souls.
many
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
map
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From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
mere
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From this reading Cars are mere vehicles, but locomotives have souls.
millionaires
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From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
noble
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From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
now
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The express engines roll in or stalk out with grandeur and ease.
other
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
Others
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From this reading Others were humble and shabby linked-up day-coaches and dingy smoking-cars, packed with workers, like ants.
out
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From this reading The express engines roll in or stalk out with grandeur and ease.
packed
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From this reading Others were humble and shabby linked-up day-coaches and dingy smoking-cars, packed with workers, like ants.
railroad
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
roll
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From this reading The express engines roll in or stalk out with grandeur and ease.
shabby
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From this reading Others were humble and shabby linked-up day-coaches and dingy smoking-cars, packed with workers, like ants.
smoking-cars
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From this reading Others were humble and shabby linked-up day-coaches and dingy smoking-cars, packed with workers, like ants.
Some
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From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
souls
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From this reading Cars are mere vehicles, but locomotives have souls.
stabled
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
stalk
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From this reading The express engines roll in or stalk out with grandeur and ease.
station
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
strings
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
there
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
toys
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
trains
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From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
vehicles
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From this reading Cars are mere vehicles, but locomotives have souls.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
whisking
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
whole
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From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Some of the trains were noble equipages, fitted to glide across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian millionaires and their Lilliputian ladies.
workers
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From this reading Others were humble and shabby linked-up day-coaches and dingy smoking-cars, packed with workers, like ants.
WORM
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
young
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From this reading THE EARLY BIRDS AND THE WORM In the enormous barn of the railroad station stood many strings of cars, as if a gigantic young Gulliver stabled his toys there and invisibly amused himself; now whisking this one away, now backing that other in.
