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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 He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
abounds
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From this reading The smell of arnica abounds; He hobbles with a cane; A row of blisters mar his hands; He is in constant pain.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
all
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From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
arms
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From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
arnica
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From this reading The smell of arnica abounds; He hobbles with a cane; A row of blisters mar his hands; He is in constant pain.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
away
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From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
back
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From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
baseball
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From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
bathed
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From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
blisters
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From this reading The smell of arnica abounds; He hobbles with a cane; A row of blisters mar his hands; He is in constant pain.
boy
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From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
Boys
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From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
breaking
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From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
cane
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From this reading The smell of arnica abounds; He hobbles with a cane; A row of blisters mar his hands; He is in constant pain.
cat
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From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
constant
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From this reading The smell of arnica abounds; He hobbles with a cane; A row of blisters mar his hands; He is in constant pain.
Court
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From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
dare
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From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
day
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From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
disgracenounUS /dɪsˈɡreɪs/
shame caused by unacceptable behaviour
From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
face
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From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
father
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From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The smell of arnica abounds; He hobbles with a cane; A row of blisters mar his hands; He is in constant pain.
hat
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From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
he'll
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From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
hides
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From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
high
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From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
hobbles
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From this reading The smell of arnica abounds; He hobbles with a cane; A row of blisters mar his hands; He is in constant pain.
hurled
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From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
lame
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From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
legs
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From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
lick
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From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
limped
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From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
liniment
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From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
made
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From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
mar
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From this reading The smell of arnica abounds; He hobbles with a cane; A row of blisters mar his hands; He is in constant pain.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
move
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From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
now
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From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
pain
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From this reading The smell of arnica abounds; He hobbles with a cane; A row of blisters mar his hands; He is in constant pain.
plasternounUS /ˈplæstər/
a soft material used to cover and protect a wound
From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
play
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From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
played
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From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
row
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From this reading The smell of arnica abounds; He hobbles with a cane; A row of blisters mar his hands; He is in constant pain.
says
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From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
Show
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From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
silk
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From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
smell
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From this reading The smell of arnica abounds; He hobbles with a cane; A row of blisters mar his hands; He is in constant pain.
snowball
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From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
someone's
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From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
speak
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From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
stone
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From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
suffers
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From this reading At last he limped away, and now He suffers in disgrace; His arms are bathed in liniment; Court plaster hides his face.
swears
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From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
swift
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From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The smell of arnica abounds; He hobbles with a cane; A row of blisters mar his hands; He is in constant pain.
threw
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From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
tried
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From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
weak
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From this reading But lame and weak as father is, He swears he'll lick us all If we dare even speak about The day he played baseball.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone's cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone's high silk hat.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The smell of arnica abounds; He hobbles with a cane; A row of blisters mar his hands; He is in constant pain.
won't
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From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
wreck
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From this reading He says his back is breaking, and His legs won't move at all; It made a wreck of father when He tried to play baseball.
