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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 She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
ain't
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From this reading If that ain’t the telegraph boy coming up the drive!”
Alec
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
apprehension
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From this reading Nurse was old-fashioned enough still to regard telegrams with apprehension.
attention
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
boy
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From this reading If that ain’t the telegraph boy coming up the drive!”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
carefully
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From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
coming
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counting
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From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
curly-headed
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
distract
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
drive
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enough
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From this reading Nurse was old-fashioned enough still to regard telegrams with apprehension.
exclamation
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From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
Fat
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
good-humoredly
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
hassock
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From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If that ain’t the telegraph boy coming up the drive!”
little
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
loud
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From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Mercy me!
Mercy
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From this reading “Mercy me!
most
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
nurse
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From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
off
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
old-fashioned
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From this reading Nurse was old-fashioned enough still to regard telegrams with apprehension.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
own
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
regard
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From this reading Nurse was old-fashioned enough still to regard telegrams with apprehension.
Rosie
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
see
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
shelfnounUS /ʃelf/
A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.
From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
started
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
startled
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From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
still
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From this reading Nurse was old-fashioned enough still to regard telegrams with apprehension.
stranger
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
surveyed
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
telegrams
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From this reading Nurse was old-fashioned enough still to regard telegrams with apprehension.
telegraph
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From this reading If that ain’t the telegraph boy coming up the drive!”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If that ain’t the telegraph boy coming up the drive!”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
toys
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From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
treasures
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From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
up
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From this reading If that ain’t the telegraph boy coming up the drive!”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She was standing on a hassock, and counting her treasures over carefully, when she was startled by a loud exclamation from nurse.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nurse was old-fashioned enough still to regard telegrams with apprehension.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Fat little curly-headed Alec started off good-humoredly, and Rosie surveyed her own shelf to see which toys would most distract the attention of the little stranger.
