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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 The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
AcrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
all
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From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
Arrested
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From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
awful
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From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
Bay
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From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This is the first time dad and I have been in a place where nobody understood our language.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
Boy
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From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
Channel
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From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
coming
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From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
couldn't
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From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
Dad
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From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
Dear
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From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
Dog
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From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
English
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From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
Ezra
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From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
Feeds
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From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is the first time dad and I have been in a place where nobody understood our language.
France
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From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
Gets
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From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
got
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From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading This is the first time dad and I have been in a place where nobody understood our language.
heap
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From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
interpret
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From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
language
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From this reading This is the first time dad and I have been in a place where nobody understood our language.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
motions
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From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading This is the first time dad and I have been in a place where nobody understood our language.
noises
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From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
Ordinarily
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From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading This is the first time dad and I have been in a place where nobody understood our language.
paralyzed
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From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
Paris
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From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
people
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From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
place
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From this reading This is the first time dad and I have been in a place where nobody understood our language.
pleasure
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From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
speak
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From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
state
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From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
teaching
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From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
Tells
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From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is the first time dad and I have been in a place where nobody understood our language.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
town
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From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
Trip
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From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
Uncle
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From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
understood
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From this reading This is the first time dad and I have been in a place where nobody understood our language.
water
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From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We struck this town all in a heap, and the people seemed to be paralyzed so they couldn't speak, except to make motions and make noises that we could not interpret.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading This is the first time dad and I have been in a place where nobody understood our language.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Paris, France.--My Dear Uncle Ezra: Dad is in an awful state here, and I do not know what to do with him.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Ordinarily we would take pleasure in teaching people to speak the English language, but in coming across the English channel dad and I both got something we never got on the water before.
Writes
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From this reading The Bay Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested.
