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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 AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
AUNT
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
boy
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
boy's
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From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
brown
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From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
came
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From this reading Aunt Emma tapped at the door, and out came a stout kind-looking woman.
children
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
climbing
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
coachman's
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
cottage
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Mrs. Tyson, do you think your Johnny could lend my little nephew a pair of his stockings while we get his own washed?
covered
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Mrs. Tyson, do you think your Johnny could lend my little nephew a pair of his stockings while we get his own washed?
door
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From this reading Aunt Emma tapped at the door, and out came a stout kind-looking woman.
Emma
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
EMMA'S
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
eyes
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From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
find
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
get
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From this reading "Mrs. Tyson, do you think your Johnny could lend my little nephew a pair of his stockings while we get his own washed?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
honeysuckle
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
house
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
idea
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From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
Instead
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
Johnny
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From this reading "Mrs. Tyson, do you think your Johnny could lend my little nephew a pair of his stockings while we get his own washed?
kind-looking
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From this reading Aunt Emma tapped at the door, and out came a stout kind-looking woman.
lend
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From this reading "Mrs. Tyson, do you think your Johnny could lend my little nephew a pair of his stockings while we get his own washed?
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
lives
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
Mrs
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mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
nephew
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From this reading "Mrs. Tyson, do you think your Johnny could lend my little nephew a pair of his stockings while we get his own washed?
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
Olly
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
opened
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From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
other
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From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
out
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From this reading Aunt Emma tapped at the door, and out came a stout kind-looking woman.
own
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
owns
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
pair
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
path
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
perhaps
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
PICNIC
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
put
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
roses
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
said
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
shady
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
small
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
some
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From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
soon
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
stockings
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
stout
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From this reading Aunt Emma tapped at the door, and out came a stout kind-looking woman.
straight
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
taking
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
tapped
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From this reading Aunt Emma tapped at the door, and out came a stout kind-looking woman.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Mrs. Tyson, do you think your Johnny could lend my little nephew a pair of his stockings while we get his own washed?
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
Tyson
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From this reading "Mrs. Tyson, do you think your Johnny could lend my little nephew a pair of his stockings while we get his own washed?
up
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
very
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
washed
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Mrs. Tyson, do you think your Johnny could lend my little nephew a pair of his stockings while we get his own washed?
wearing
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From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
white
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From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
wide
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From this reading Olly opened his brown eyes very wide at the idea of wearing some other little boy's stockings, but he said nothing.
wife
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From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading AUNT EMMA'S PICNIC Instead of taking them straight into the house, however, Aunt Emma took the children up a little shady path which very soon brought them to a white cottage covered with honeysuckle and climbing roses.
woman
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From this reading Aunt Emma tapped at the door, and out came a stout kind-looking woman.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "This is where my coachman's wife lives," said Aunt Emma, "and she owns a small boy who might perhaps find you a pair of stockings, Olly, to put on while your own are washed."
