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How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee
How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee

Chapter I

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How doth the Simple Spelling Bee AUTHOR OF "THE VIRGINIAN," "LADY BALTIMORE," ETC., ETC.
Set up and electrotyped.
Published February, 1907.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
"Hup, hup, hup!"
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How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee

Chapter I

Reading 1/141 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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How doth the Simple Spelling Bee AUTHOR OF "THE VIRGINIAN," "LADY BALTIMORE," ETC., ETC.
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Set up and electrotyped.
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Published February, 1907.
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Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
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"Hup, hup, hup!"

Learner Dictionary

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Doth auxiliary verb US /dɔːθ/

an old form of “does”

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1907

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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AUTHOR

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BALTIMORE

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Bee

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Berwick

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Co

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Cushing

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dothauxiliary verbUS /dɔːθ/

an old form of “does”

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ETC

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February

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How

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Hup

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J

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LADY

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Mass

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Norwood

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OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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Press

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Published

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S

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Set

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Simple

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Smith

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Spelling

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thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

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U

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up

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VIRGINIAN

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