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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 BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
Attean
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From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
bald
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From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
BRITT
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
Castonia
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From this reading The Attean lookout got it by telephone from Castonia.
country
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From this reading Jerusalem station is more serene in its isolation than the other five lookouts on the mountains of the north country.
D
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
dittynounUS /ˈdɪti/
a short, simple song
From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
fire-lookout
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From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
five
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From this reading Jerusalem station is more serene in its isolation than the other five lookouts on the mountains of the north country.
flash-bug
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Attean lookout got it by telephone from Castonia.
got
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From this reading The Attean lookout got it by telephone from Castonia.
heliograph
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From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
high
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
humorously
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From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jerusalem station is more serene in its isolation than the other five lookouts on the mountains of the north country.
isolation
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From this reading Jerusalem station is more serene in its isolation than the other five lookouts on the mountains of the north country.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Attean lookout got it by telephone from Castonia.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Jerusalem station is more serene in its isolation than the other five lookouts on the mountains of the north country.
Jerusalem
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From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
Knob
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From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
Ladder
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
Lane
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
Like
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
lookout
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From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
lookouts
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From this reading Jerusalem station is more serene in its isolation than the other five lookouts on the mountains of the north country.
Lyrist
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From this reading Lyrist unreported.
more
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From this reading Jerusalem station is more serene in its isolation than the other five lookouts on the mountains of the north country.
mountains
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From this reading Jerusalem station is more serene in its isolation than the other five lookouts on the mountains of the north country.
north
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From this reading Jerusalem station is more serene in its isolation than the other five lookouts on the mountains of the north country.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
old
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From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
ORDERnounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
other
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From this reading Jerusalem station is more serene in its isolation than the other five lookouts on the mountains of the north country.
playful
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From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
poll
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From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
PULASKI
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
serene
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From this reading Jerusalem station is more serene in its isolation than the other five lookouts on the mountains of the north country.
sky
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
station
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From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
telephone
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From this reading The Attean lookout got it by telephone from Castonia.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Jerusalem station is more serene in its isolation than the other five lookouts on the mountains of the north country.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
Twinkle
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
unreported
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From this reading Lyrist unreported.
Up
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
wavin
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
winder-pane
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
winked
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From this reading The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to "Ladder" Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
world
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From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading BY ORDER OF PULASKI D. BRITT "Twinkle, twinkle, 'Ladder' Lane, With your wavin' winder-pane, Up above the world so high, Like a flash-bug in the sky."
