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answer
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From this reading “Very well,” sleepily came the answer.
boy
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From this reading “Do you call ten o’clock early, you lazy boy?”
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But why must I get up so early?”
call
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From this reading “Do you call ten o’clock early, you lazy boy?”
called
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From this reading “PINOCCHIO, Pinocchio, make haste! make haste!” called Marsovino the next morning.
came
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From this reading “Very well,” sleepily came the answer.
Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you call ten o’clock early, you lazy boy?”
early
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From this reading “But why must I get up so early?”
get
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From this reading “But why must I get up so early?”
haste
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From this reading “PINOCCHIO, Pinocchio, make haste! make haste!” called Marsovino the next morning.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “But why must I get up so early?”
lazy
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From this reading “Do you call ten o’clock early, you lazy boy?”
make
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From this reading “PINOCCHIO, Pinocchio, make haste! make haste!” called Marsovino the next morning.
Marsovino
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From this reading “PINOCCHIO, Pinocchio, make haste! make haste!” called Marsovino the next morning.
morning
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From this reading “PINOCCHIO, Pinocchio, make haste! make haste!” called Marsovino the next morning.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “But why must I get up so early?”
next
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From this reading “PINOCCHIO, Pinocchio, make haste! make haste!” called Marsovino the next morning.
o'clock
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From this reading “Do you call ten o’clock early, you lazy boy?”
PINOCCHIO
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From this reading “PINOCCHIO, Pinocchio, make haste! make haste!” called Marsovino the next morning.
sleepily
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From this reading “Very well,” sleepily came the answer.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “But why must I get up so early?”
ten
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From this reading “Do you call ten o’clock early, you lazy boy?”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “PINOCCHIO, Pinocchio, make haste! make haste!” called Marsovino the next morning.
up
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From this reading “But why must I get up so early?”
Very
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From this reading “Very well,” sleepily came the answer.
well
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From this reading “Very well,” sleepily came the answer.
why
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From this reading “But why must I get up so early?”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you call ten o’clock early, you lazy boy?”