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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 "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
African
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
aid
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From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
betide
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From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
bloom
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
boy
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
boys
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From this reading Yet he was the proudest and happiest of boys when his father stroked his curly head and called him a "true-born Briton."
Briton
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From this reading Yet he was the proudest and happiest of boys when his father stroked his curly head and called him a "true-born Briton."
build
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From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
burnverbUS /bɜːrn/
To consume or be consumed by fire.
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
called
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From this reading Yet he was the proudest and happiest of boys when his father stroked his curly head and called him a "true-born Briton."
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
country
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
curly
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From this reading Yet he was the proudest and happiest of boys when his father stroked his curly head and called him a "true-born Briton."
dear
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
dry
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
Edinburgh
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
Eleanor
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From this reading Eleanor Stredder.
English
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
father
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
fire
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
flowers
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
friend
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From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
Hand
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From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
happiest
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From this reading Yet he was the proudest and happiest of boys when his father stroked his curly head and called him a "true-born Briton."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
head
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From this reading Yet he was the proudest and happiest of boys when his father stroked his curly head and called him a "true-born Briton."
heat
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
Heaven
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From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet he was the proudest and happiest of boys when his father stroked his curly head and called him a "true-born Briton."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
I'll
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From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
I've
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From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
JACK
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
leaves
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
lift
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From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
like
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
London
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
loved
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
MACKAY
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From this reading MACKAY.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
mother
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
NELSON
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
New
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
often
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
old
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
only
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
parching
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
places
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
plains
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
proudest
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From this reading Yet he was the proudest and happiest of boys when his father stroked his curly head and called him a "true-born Briton."
RightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
sand
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From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
say
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
seen
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
sheltered
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
shrivel
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
side
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From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
SONS
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
South
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
Stredder
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From this reading Eleanor Stredder.
stroked
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From this reading Yet he was the proudest and happiest of boys when his father stroked his curly head and called him a "true-born Briton."
summer
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
sun-rays
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
T
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
talked
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
TREBY
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
true-born
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From this reading Yet he was the proudest and happiest of boys when his father stroked his curly head and called him a "true-born Briton."
trust
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From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Yet he was the proudest and happiest of boys when his father stroked his curly head and called him a "true-born Briton."
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
wide
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
world
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From this reading "I've a friend at my side, To lift me and aid me, whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand:— I'll trust but in Heaven and my good Right Hand."
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet he was the proudest and happiest of boys when his father stroked his curly head and called him a "true-born Briton."
York
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ —————————— JACK TREBY loved to say that he was an English boy, although he had never seen the dear old mother country of which his father so often talked; for he was born among the wide South African plains, where through the parching summer the sun-rays burn like fire, where the dry leaves shrivel with the heat, and the flowers can only bloom in sheltered places.
