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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 "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Take care that you don't sprain an ankle, Whopper."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
ankle
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From this reading "Take care that you don't sprain an ankle, Whopper."
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
blind
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From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
breath
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From this reading "Rather knocks the breath out of a fellow," returned Shep.
bushes
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From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
CABIN
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care
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From this reading "Take care that you don't sprain an ankle, Whopper."
climbing
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From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
coming
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From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
doctor's
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don't
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down
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From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
easy
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fellow
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From this reading "Rather knocks the breath out of a fellow," returned Shep.
gasped
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From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
go
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From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
hollow
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From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
knocks
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From this reading "Rather knocks the breath out of a fellow," returned Shep.
lakes
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From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
lined
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From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
making
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From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
mountain
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From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
number
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From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
out
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From this reading "Rather knocks the breath out of a fellow," returned Shep.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
rather
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From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Rather knocks the breath out of a fellow," returned Shep.
rocks
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From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
Say
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From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
Shep
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From this reading "Rather knocks the breath out of a fellow," returned Shep.
Shep's
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From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
side
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From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
sliding
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From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
slipping
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From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
son
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From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
sprain
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From this reading "Take care that you don't sprain an ankle, Whopper."
stream
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From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
TakenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Take care that you don't sprain an ankle, Whopper."
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
There
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From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
trail
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From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
two
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From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
use
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From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
watercourse
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From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
way
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From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
Whopper
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From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
WOODS
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From this reading THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse between the two lakes.
words
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From this reading There was no trail on that side of the stream, and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.
worse
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From this reading "Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather suddenly in a hollow.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Take care that you don't sprain an ankle, Whopper."
