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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 They stopped at every house and asked for food and a place to sleep.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They stopped at every house and asked for food and a place to sleep.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading These good people had eaten scarcely anything for several days that they might have food to offer the king.
asked
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From this reading They stopped at every house and asked for food and a place to sleep.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One night, just at dark, two beggars came into the valley.
attend
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From this reading But the people were too busy or too tired to attend to their needs.
Baucis
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From this reading Footsore and weary, at last they climbed the hill to the hut of Philemon and Baucis.
beggars
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From this reading One night, just at dark, two beggars came into the valley.
busy
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From this reading But the people were too busy or too tired to attend to their needs.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the people were too busy or too tired to attend to their needs.
came
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From this reading One night, just at dark, two beggars came into the valley.
climbed
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From this reading Footsore and weary, at last they climbed the hill to the hut of Philemon and Baucis.
dark
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From this reading One night, just at dark, two beggars came into the valley.
days
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From this reading These good people had eaten scarcely anything for several days that they might have food to offer the king.
eaten
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From this reading These good people had eaten scarcely anything for several days that they might have food to offer the king.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading They stopped at every house and asked for food and a place to sleep.
food
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From this reading They stopped at every house and asked for food and a place to sleep.
Footsore
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From this reading Footsore and weary, at last they climbed the hill to the hut of Philemon and Baucis.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They stopped at every house and asked for food and a place to sleep.
good
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From this reading These good people had eaten scarcely anything for several days that they might have food to offer the king.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading These good people had eaten scarcely anything for several days that they might have food to offer the king.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading These good people had eaten scarcely anything for several days that they might have food to offer the king.
hill
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From this reading Footsore and weary, at last they climbed the hill to the hut of Philemon and Baucis.
house
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From this reading They stopped at every house and asked for food and a place to sleep.
hut
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From this reading Footsore and weary, at last they climbed the hill to the hut of Philemon and Baucis.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading One night, just at dark, two beggars came into the valley.
just
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From this reading One night, just at dark, two beggars came into the valley.
king
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From this reading These good people had eaten scarcely anything for several days that they might have food to offer the king.
last
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From this reading Footsore and weary, at last they climbed the hill to the hut of Philemon and Baucis.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading These good people had eaten scarcely anything for several days that they might have food to offer the king.
needs
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From this reading But the people were too busy or too tired to attend to their needs.
night
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From this reading One night, just at dark, two beggars came into the valley.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Footsore and weary, at last they climbed the hill to the hut of Philemon and Baucis.
offer
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From this reading These good people had eaten scarcely anything for several days that they might have food to offer the king.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One night, just at dark, two beggars came into the valley.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But the people were too busy or too tired to attend to their needs.
people
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From this reading But the people were too busy or too tired to attend to their needs.
Philemon
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From this reading Footsore and weary, at last they climbed the hill to the hut of Philemon and Baucis.
place
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From this reading They stopped at every house and asked for food and a place to sleep.
scarcely
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From this reading These good people had eaten scarcely anything for several days that they might have food to offer the king.
several
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From this reading These good people had eaten scarcely anything for several days that they might have food to offer the king.
sleep
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From this reading They stopped at every house and asked for food and a place to sleep.
stopped
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From this reading They stopped at every house and asked for food and a place to sleep.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading These good people had eaten scarcely anything for several days that they might have food to offer the king.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One night, just at dark, two beggars came into the valley.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But the people were too busy or too tired to attend to their needs.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These good people had eaten scarcely anything for several days that they might have food to offer the king.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They stopped at every house and asked for food and a place to sleep.
tired
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From this reading But the people were too busy or too tired to attend to their needs.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They stopped at every house and asked for food and a place to sleep.
too
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From this reading But the people were too busy or too tired to attend to their needs.
two
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From this reading One night, just at dark, two beggars came into the valley.
valley
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From this reading One night, just at dark, two beggars came into the valley.
weary
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From this reading Footsore and weary, at last they climbed the hill to the hut of Philemon and Baucis.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But the people were too busy or too tired to attend to their needs.
