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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 UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
any
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From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "But Tom says it isn't a bit dangerous, and Tom's been up it forty times.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
bit
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
Breynton
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
brown
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But it really seems to me a little dangerous, Gypsy,—up over those mountain roads on livery-stable horses."
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
crisp
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
dangerous
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From this reading "But it really seems to me a little dangerous, Gypsy,—up over those mountain roads on livery-stable horses."
eyes
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
fork
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
forty
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From this reading "But Tom says it isn't a bit dangerous, and Tom's been up it forty times.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
Gypsy
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
halibut
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
head
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
horses
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From this reading "But it really seems to me a little dangerous, Gypsy,—up over those mountain roads on livery-stable horses."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
I'm
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
irresistible
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
isn't
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From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
Joy
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
just
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
lips
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But it really seems to me a little dangerous, Gypsy,—up over those mountain roads on livery-stable horses."
livery-stable
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From this reading "But it really seems to me a little dangerous, Gypsy,—up over those mountain roads on livery-stable horses."
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "But it really seems to me a little dangerous, Gypsy,—up over those mountain roads on livery-stable horses."
midway
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
most
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
Mother
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
mountain
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From this reading "But it really seems to me a little dangerous, Gypsy,—up over those mountain roads on livery-stable horses."
needn't
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
Now
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From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
other
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From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
pausing
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
plate
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
pleading
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
RATTLESNAKE
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
really
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From this reading "But it really seems to me a little dangerous, Gypsy,—up over those mountain roads on livery-stable horses."
roads
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From this reading "But it really seems to me a little dangerous, Gypsy,—up over those mountain roads on livery-stable horses."
said
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
say
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From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
says
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From this reading "But Tom says it isn't a bit dangerous, and Tom's been up it forty times.
seems
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From this reading "But it really seems to me a little dangerous, Gypsy,—up over those mountain roads on livery-stable horses."
shake
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
slightest
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From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
teacup
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "But it really seems to me a little dangerous, Gypsy,—up over those mountain roads on livery-stable horses."
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
times
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From this reading "But Tom says it isn't a bit dangerous, and Tom's been up it forty times.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
Tom
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From this reading "But Tom says it isn't a bit dangerous, and Tom's been up it forty times.
Tom's
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From this reading "But Tom says it isn't a bit dangerous, and Tom's been up it forty times.
trouble
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From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
twinkle
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
UP
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From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
very
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From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
well
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From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading UP RATTLESNAKE "I should think we might, I'm sure," said Joy pausing, with a crisp bit of halibut on her fork, just midway between her plate and her lips.
yes
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From this reading "Now it isn't the slightest trouble to say yes, and you can just as well say it now as any other time, you know."
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You needn't shake your head so, Mother Breynton," said Gypsy, her great brown eyes pleading over her teacup with their very most irresistible twinkle.
