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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 He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
a-movin
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
afore
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From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
agin
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
all
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
answer
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From this reading He calls out, thinkin' it was one of the boys, but got no answer.
any
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From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
big
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From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
black
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From this reading Then he goes to the bushes, and a tall figger, all in black, starts out afore him.
boys
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From this reading He calls out, thinkin' it was one of the boys, but got no answer.
brain
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
breast
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From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
brush
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
bushes
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From this reading Then he goes to the bushes, and a tall figger, all in black, starts out afore him.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He calls out, thinkin' it was one of the boys, but got no answer.
calls
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From this reading He calls out, thinkin' it was one of the boys, but got no answer.
clasped
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From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
couldn't
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From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
covered
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From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
cross
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From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
face
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From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
figger
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From this reading Then he goes to the bushes, and a tall figger, all in black, starts out afore him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
garden
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From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
gettin
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From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
goes
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From this reading Then he goes to the bushes, and a tall figger, all in black, starts out afore him.
got
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From this reading He calls out, thinkin' it was one of the boys, but got no answer.
happened
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From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
head
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From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
held
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From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then he goes to the bushes, and a tall figger, all in black, starts out afore him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
hood
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From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
house
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
how
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
just
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From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
like
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From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
made
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
night
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From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He calls out, thinkin' it was one of the boys, but got no answer.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
old
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
out
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From this reading He calls out, thinkin' it was one of the boys, but got no answer.
pile
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
place
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From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
puzzlin
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
Raintree
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From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
saw
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
see
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From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
sick
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From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
Sobriente
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
starts
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From this reading Then he goes to the bushes, and a tall figger, all in black, starts out afore him.
suddenst
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
suthin
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From this reading He was puzzlin' his brain agin to know how old Sobriente made his pile, when all of a suddenst he saw suthin' a-movin' in the brush beside the house.
tall
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From this reading Then he goes to the bushes, and a tall figger, all in black, starts out afore him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
Then
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From this reading Then he goes to the bushes, and a tall figger, all in black, starts out afore him.
thinkin
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From this reading He calls out, thinkin' it was one of the boys, but got no answer.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
walkin
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From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
Well
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From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He couldn't see any face, for its head was covered with a hood, but he saw that it held suthin' like a big cross clasped agin its breast.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Well, one night just afore you took the place, and when Raintree was gettin' just sick of it, he happened to be walkin' in the garden.
