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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 PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
all
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
ALLY
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From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading Wow! don't I change his tune if I get out before anybody can catch me!
bare-legged
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
beaded
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
beastliest
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Since then, I look before I take hold.
bone
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Wow! don't I change his tune if I get out before anybody can catch me!
catch
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From this reading Wow! don't I change his tune if I get out before anybody can catch me!
change
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From this reading Wow! don't I change his tune if I get out before anybody can catch me!
comes
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
Dandy
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From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
dark
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
don't
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From this reading Wow! don't I change his tune if I get out before anybody can catch me!
down
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
eyes
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
fellow
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
get
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From this reading Wow! don't I change his tune if I get out before anybody can catch me!
glinted
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
grease
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Wow! don't I change his tune if I get out before anybody can catch me!
hold
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From this reading Since then, I look before I take hold.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Wow! don't I change his tune if I get out before anybody can catch me!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
instrument
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
JOHN'S
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From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
kilt
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
kilts
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
leg
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From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
like
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since then, I look before I take hold.
made
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From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
making
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Wow! don't I change his tune if I get out before anybody can catch me!
mistake
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From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
nipped
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From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
old
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
once
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From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
out
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From this reading Wow! don't I change his tune if I get out before anybody can catch me!
pipes
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
poodle
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
PRINCE
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From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
ribbons
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
road
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
row
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
see
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since then, I look before I take hold.
smell
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
some
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
sort
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
STRANGE
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From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
struts
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
summer
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since then, I look before I take hold.
talking
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
Terrier
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From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
then
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From this reading Since then, I look before I take hold.
there
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
there's
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
Tibbie's
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From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
ToldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
tramp's
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From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
tune
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From this reading Wow! don't I change his tune if I get out before anybody can catch me!
up
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From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But even a poodle could see that this thing was old bone, though its eyes glinted like Tibbie's in the dark, and there was a smell of grease about its beaded kilt.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And, talking of kilts, there's a bare-legged fellow who comes here every summer and struts up and down the road, making the beastliest row with some sort of instrument all pipes and ribbons.
wooden
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From this reading PRINCE JOHN'S STRANGE ALLY _Told by Dandy, the Terrier_ I made a mistake once, and nipped a tramp's wooden leg.
Wow
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From this reading Wow! don't I change his tune if I get out before anybody can catch me!
