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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 snapped quickly for this and immediately found himself enmeshed in a hopeless entanglement.
altogether
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From this reading He was scarcely beneath the patient beasts when he encountered an altogether surprising set back.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was scarcely beneath the patient beasts when he encountered an altogether surprising set back.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
back
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From this reading He was scarcely beneath the patient beasts when he encountered an altogether surprising set back.
beasts
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From this reading He was scarcely beneath the patient beasts when he encountered an altogether surprising set back.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading He was scarcely beneath the patient beasts when he encountered an altogether surprising set back.
bunting
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From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
business
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From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
CHAOS
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From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
chose
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From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
CONFUSION
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From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
democratic
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From this reading Something, he knew not what, hit him upon his democratic little nose.
dog's
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From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
encountered
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From this reading He was scarcely beneath the patient beasts when he encountered an altogether surprising set back.
enmeshed
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From this reading He snapped quickly for this and immediately found himself enmeshed in a hopeless entanglement.
entanglement
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From this reading He snapped quickly for this and immediately found himself enmeshed in a hopeless entanglement.
evidently
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From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
festivities
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From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
flauntingly
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From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He snapped quickly for this and immediately found himself enmeshed in a hopeless entanglement.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He snapped quickly for this and immediately found himself enmeshed in a hopeless entanglement.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Something, he knew not what, hit him upon his democratic little nose.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He snapped quickly for this and immediately found himself enmeshed in a hopeless entanglement.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Something, he knew not what, hit him upon his democratic little nose.
hit
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From this reading Something, he knew not what, hit him upon his democratic little nose.
hopeless
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From this reading He snapped quickly for this and immediately found himself enmeshed in a hopeless entanglement.
immediately
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From this reading He snapped quickly for this and immediately found himself enmeshed in a hopeless entanglement.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He snapped quickly for this and immediately found himself enmeshed in a hopeless entanglement.
knew
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From this reading Something, he knew not what, hit him upon his democratic little nose.
legs
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From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something, he knew not what, hit him upon his democratic little nose.
lose
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From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
nose
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From this reading Something, he knew not what, hit him upon his democratic little nose.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Something, he knew not what, hit him upon his democratic little nose.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
oxen
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From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
oxen's
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From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
patient
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From this reading He was scarcely beneath the patient beasts when he encountered an altogether surprising set back.
quickest
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From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
quickly
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From this reading He snapped quickly for this and immediately found himself enmeshed in a hopeless entanglement.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
recent
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From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
route
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From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
scarcely
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From this reading He was scarcely beneath the patient beasts when he encountered an altogether surprising set back.
set
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From this reading He was scarcely beneath the patient beasts when he encountered an altogether surprising set back.
shortest
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From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
Snailsdale
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From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
snapped
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From this reading He snapped quickly for this and immediately found himself enmeshed in a hopeless entanglement.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
SomethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something, he knew not what, hit him upon his democratic little nose.
straight
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From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
streamers
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From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
surprising
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From this reading He was scarcely beneath the patient beasts when he encountered an altogether surprising set back.
swishing
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From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
tails
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From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He snapped quickly for this and immediately found himself enmeshed in a hopeless entanglement.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
unaware
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From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Something, he knew not what, hit him upon his democratic little nose.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
waved
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From this reading He knew nothing of the recent festivities at Snailsdale and was quite unaware of the bunting streamers which waved so flauntingly from the swishing tails of the oxen.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Something, he knew not what, hit him upon his democratic little nose.
WhateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He was scarcely beneath the patient beasts when he encountered an altogether surprising set back.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading CHAOS AND CONFUSION Whatever the dog’s business he evidently had no time to lose and he chose the quickest and shortest route, which was straight under the oxen’s legs.
