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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 If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
alight
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From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
all
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From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
animals
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From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
attended
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From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading He was too large for everything, because he was lively as well as large.
certainly
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From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
clean
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From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
elephant
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From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
energy
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From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He was too large for everything, because he was lively as well as large.
fairy
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From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He was too large for everything, because he was lively as well as large.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
gaiety
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From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
Gardens
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From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
grasshopper
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From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
green
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From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
Hill
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From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
inconvenience
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From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
inconvenient
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From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
infancy
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From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
intentions
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From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
island
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
jump
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From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
Laputa
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
large
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From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
leap
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
like
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
lively
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From this reading He was too large for everything, because he was lively as well as large.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
man
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From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
men
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
much
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From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
natural
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From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
ones
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From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
out
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From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
perhaps
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
played
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From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
Primrose
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From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
proportion
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From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
science
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From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
sea
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
see
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
small
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From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
soaring
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
spring
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From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
strong
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From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
sublime
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From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
supposition
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From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
tales
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From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Such natural energy, though sublime, might certainly be inconvenient, and much of this inconvenience attended the gaiety and good intentions of the man in green.
too
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From this reading He was too large for everything, because he was lively as well as large.
trout
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
trumpeting
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From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
up
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was too large for everything, because he was lively as well as large.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
well
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From this reading He was too large for everything, because he was lively as well as large.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
whale
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
winged
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We all remember the fairy tales of science in our infancy, which played with the supposition that large animals could jump in the proportion of small ones.
Yarmouth
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From this reading If a whale could leap from the sea like a trout, perhaps men might look up and see one soaring above Yarmouth like the winged island of Laputa.
Zoological
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From this reading If an elephant were as strong as a grasshopper, he could (I suppose) spring clean out of the Zoological Gardens and alight trumpeting upon Primrose Hill.
