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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 Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
air
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From this reading An occasional football hurtled through the air.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An occasional football hurtled through the air.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At eight-thirty and at one the school bell called the children.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At eight-thirty and at one the school bell called the children.
baseball
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From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
bell
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From this reading At eight-thirty and at one the school bell called the children.
brothers
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From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
burden
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From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
called
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From this reading At eight-thirty and at one the school bell called the children.
carrying
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From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
children
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From this reading At eight-thirty and at one the school bell called the children.
club
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From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
coach
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From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
comet
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From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
eight-thirty
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From this reading At eight-thirty and at one the school bell called the children.
fashion
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From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
football
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From this reading An occasional football hurtled through the air.
freshly
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From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
gathering
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From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
girls
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From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
hurtled
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From this reading An occasional football hurtled through the air.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
indolence
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From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
Late
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From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
Le
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From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
Moyne
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From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
occasional
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From this reading An occasional football hurtled through the air.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At eight-thirty and at one the school bell called the children.
outfit
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From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
pencils
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From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
pig-tails
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From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
primly
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From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
promised
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From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
rumor
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From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
said
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From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
school
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From this reading At eight-thirty and at one the school bell called the children.
September
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From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
sharpened
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From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
Street
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From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
summer
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From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
tail
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From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
taking
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From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading An occasional football hurtled through the air.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
unwilling
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From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
up
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From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little girls in pig-tails, carrying freshly sharpened pencils, went primly toward the school, gathering, comet fashion, a tail of unwilling brothers as they went.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Le Moyne had promised the baseball club a football outfit, rumor said, but would not coach them himself this year.
year
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From this reading Late September had come, with the Street, after its summer indolence taking up the burden of the year.
