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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 Soon a great pile of precious stones and herbs was heaped before them.
alarm
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From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
all
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
animals
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
answer
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Soon a great pile of precious stones and herbs was heaped before them.
began
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From this reading Then began the queerest procession.
belong
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From this reading "All these belong to you," said the frog, pointing to the jewels.
birds
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
brought
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From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
call
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
came
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
crawling
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
EachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
feet
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From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
frog
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
gift
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From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
great
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From this reading Soon a great pile of precious stones and herbs was heaped before them.
ground
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
group
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From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
Hanina
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From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
heaped
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From this reading Soon a great pile of precious stones and herbs was heaped before them.
herbs
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From this reading Soon a great pile of precious stones and herbs was heaped before them.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
holes
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
Hundreds
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
insects
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
jewels
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From this reading "All these belong to you," said the frog, pointing to the jewels.
laid
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From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
monsters
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
pile
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From this reading Soon a great pile of precious stones and herbs was heaped before them.
pointing
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From this reading "All these belong to you," said the frog, pointing to the jewels.
preciousadjectiveUS /ˈpreʃəs/
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading Soon a great pile of precious stones and herbs was heaped before them.
procession
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From this reading Then began the queerest procession.
queerest
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From this reading Then began the queerest procession.
said
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From this reading "All these belong to you," said the frog, pointing to the jewels.
some
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From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
Soon
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From this reading Soon a great pile of precious stones and herbs was heaped before them.
stones
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From this reading Soon a great pile of precious stones and herbs was heaped before them.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then began the queerest procession.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Soon a great pile of precious stones and herbs was heaped before them.
Then
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From this reading Then began the queerest procession.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "All these belong to you," said the frog, pointing to the jewels.
thousands
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
tiniest
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
trees
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
twittering
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Soon a great pile of precious stones and herbs was heaped before them.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
wife
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From this reading Each group brought some gift and laid it at the feet of Hanina and his wife who stood in some alarm.
woods
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From this reading Hundreds upon hundreds of birds came twittering through the trees; thousands upon thousands of insects came crawling from holes in the ground; and all the animals in the woods, from the tiniest to the monsters, came in answer to the call of the frog.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "All these belong to you," said the frog, pointing to the jewels.
