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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 When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
all
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From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
baby
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
back
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
ball
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
big
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From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
brought
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
CALENDAR
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From this reading THE LITTLE ROSEBUD CALENDAR.
card
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From this reading There was one small picture card on his papa’s desk that Ray liked very much.
catch
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From this reading Then he would run and catch it and hold it up to his dear little dimpled chin.
chairs
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From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
chin
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From this reading Then he would run and catch it and hold it up to his dear little dimpled chin.
chubby
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
colored
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
dear
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From this reading Then he would run and catch it and hold it up to his dear little dimpled chin.
desk
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From this reading There was one small picture card on his papa’s desk that Ray liked very much.
dimpled
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From this reading Then he would run and catch it and hold it up to his dear little dimpled chin.
fists
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
floor
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
grandma
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
great
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
grew
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From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
hold
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Then he would run and catch it and hold it up to his dear little dimpled chin.
lamb
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
liked
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
LITTLE
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From this reading THE LITTLE ROSEBUD CALENDAR.
look
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From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
love
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
man
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From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
much
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From this reading There was one small picture card on his papa’s desk that Ray liked very much.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was one small picture card on his papa’s desk that Ray liked very much.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was one small picture card on his papa’s desk that Ray liked very much.
only
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
oo
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
papa's
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From this reading There was one small picture card on his papa’s desk that Ray liked very much.
picture
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From this reading There was one small picture card on his papa’s desk that Ray liked very much.
pictures
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From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
pleased
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From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
quite
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From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
Ray
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
roll
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
room
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From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
ROSEBUD
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From this reading THE LITTLE ROSEBUD CALENDAR.
run
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From this reading Then he would run and catch it and hold it up to his dear little dimpled chin.
say
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
saying
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
sit
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From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
small
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From this reading There was one small picture card on his papa’s desk that Ray liked very much.
talk
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From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LITTLE ROSEBUD CALENDAR.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
Then
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From this reading Then he would run and catch it and hold it up to his dear little dimpled chin.
there
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
tum
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
up
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From this reading Then he would run and catch it and hold it up to his dear little dimpled chin.
very
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From this reading There was one small picture card on his papa’s desk that Ray liked very much.
walk
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From this reading But when he grew to be quite a little man and could walk from room to room it pleased him to sit in the big chairs, look at the pictures and talk to them all by himself.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
woolly
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From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading When Ray was only a baby he would hold the woolly lamb that grandma had brought him in his chubby little fists, saying, “I love oo, lamb,” and there was a great colored ball that he liked to roll across the floor and say, “Oo ball, tum back, tum back.”
