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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 "You always did have a weakness for fowls, Ethan."
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Well, we've heard you boasting lots of times about that wonder of a rooster you've got at home."
all
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
always
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From this reading "You always did have a weakness for fowls, Ethan."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Well, we've heard you boasting lots of times about that wonder of a rooster you've got at home."
baseball
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
boasting
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From this reading "Well, we've heard you boasting lots of times about that wonder of a rooster you've got at home."
Brewster
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
chicken
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
cold
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
Crusoe
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From this reading "Oh! you mean old Robinson Crusoe, don't you, Lub?"
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "You always did have a weakness for fowls, Ethan."
don't
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From this reading "Oh! you mean old Robinson Crusoe, don't you, Lub?"
Ethan
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From this reading "You always did have a weakness for fowls, Ethan."
fellows
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
fine
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
fowls
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From this reading "You always did have a weakness for fowls, Ethan."
garden
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
gobble
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
got
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From this reading "Well, we've heard you boasting lots of times about that wonder of a rooster you've got at home."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You always did have a weakness for fowls, Ethan."
heard
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From this reading "Well, we've heard you boasting lots of times about that wonder of a rooster you've got at home."
home
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From this reading "Well, we've heard you boasting lots of times about that wonder of a rooster you've got at home."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
Just
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
knocked
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
left
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
like
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
lots
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From this reading "Well, we've heard you boasting lots of times about that wonder of a rooster you've got at home."
Lub
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From this reading "Oh! you mean old Robinson Crusoe, don't you, Lub?"
lunch
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
McNab
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
mean
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From this reading "Oh! you mean old Robinson Crusoe, don't you, Lub?"
Mrs
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
Oh
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From this reading "Oh! you mean old Robinson Crusoe, don't you, Lub?"
old
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From this reading "Oh! you mean old Robinson Crusoe, don't you, Lub?"
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
only
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
out
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
put
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
Robinson
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From this reading "Oh! you mean old Robinson Crusoe, don't you, Lub?"
rooster
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From this reading "Well, we've heard you boasting lots of times about that wonder of a rooster you've got at home."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
team
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
that's
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
times
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From this reading "Well, we've heard you boasting lots of times about that wonder of a rooster you've got at home."
to-day
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
Tyson
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
up
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
way
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
we've
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From this reading "Well, we've heard you boasting lots of times about that wonder of a rooster you've got at home."
weakness
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From this reading "You always did have a weakness for fowls, Ethan."
Well
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From this reading "Well, we've heard you boasting lots of times about that wonder of a rooster you've got at home."
went
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
why
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
wish
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
wonder
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From this reading "Well, we've heard you boasting lots of times about that wonder of a rooster you've got at home."
X-Ray
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From this reading "Just so, X-Ray Tyson; that's why they put me out in the left garden on our Brewster baseball team so I could gobble all that were knocked that way."
yesterday
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From this reading "That cold chicken Mrs. McNab put up for our lunch yesterday went fine, fellows; and I only wish we had the like of it for to-day!"
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You always did have a weakness for fowls, Ethan."
you've
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From this reading "Well, we've heard you boasting lots of times about that wonder of a rooster you've got at home."
