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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 "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading KATY REDBURN AND OTHERS ARE INTRODUCED.
angler
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From this reading "You hooked 'em," said another juvenile angler who sat on the capsill of the pier by Johnny's side.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "You hooked 'em," said another juvenile angler who sat on the capsill of the pier by Johnny's side.
AREauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading KATY REDBURN AND OTHERS ARE INTRODUCED.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
basket
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
bet
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From this reading "I'll bet I won't," replied Johnny, gruffly, as he drew the basket out of the reach of the supplicant.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "You hooked 'em," said another juvenile angler who sat on the capsill of the pier by Johnny's side.
capsill
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From this reading "You hooked 'em," said another juvenile angler who sat on the capsill of the pier by Johnny's side.
coarse
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You needn't come round here tryin' to hook my fish."
dirty
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
down
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
dressed
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I'll bet I won't," replied Johnny, gruffly, as he drew the basket out of the reach of the supplicant.
edge
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
eleven
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
em
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From this reading "You hooked 'em," said another juvenile angler who sat on the capsill of the pier by Johnny's side.
fish
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From this reading "You needn't come round here tryin' to hook my fish."
fisherman
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
flounder
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
garments
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
girl
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
Give
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
gruffly
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From this reading "I'll bet I won't," replied Johnny, gruffly, as he drew the basket out of the reach of the supplicant.
hanging
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I'll bet I won't," replied Johnny, gruffly, as he drew the basket out of the reach of the supplicant.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You needn't come round here tryin' to hook my fish."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
hook
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From this reading "You needn't come round here tryin' to hook my fish."
hooked
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From this reading "You hooked 'em," said another juvenile angler who sat on the capsill of the pier by Johnny's side.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I'll bet I won't," replied Johnny, gruffly, as he drew the basket out of the reach of the supplicant.
I'll
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From this reading "I'll bet I won't," replied Johnny, gruffly, as he drew the basket out of the reach of the supplicant.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
INTRODUCED
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From this reading KATY REDBURN AND OTHERS ARE INTRODUCED.
Johnny
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
Johnny's
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From this reading "You hooked 'em," said another juvenile angler who sat on the capsill of the pier by Johnny's side.
juvenile
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From this reading "You hooked 'em," said another juvenile angler who sat on the capsill of the pier by Johnny's side.
KATY
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From this reading KATY REDBURN AND OTHERS ARE INTRODUCED.
legs
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You needn't come round here tryin' to hook my fish."
needn't
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From this reading "You needn't come round here tryin' to hook my fish."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "You hooked 'em," said another juvenile angler who sat on the capsill of the pier by Johnny's side.
OTHERS
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From this reading KATY REDBURN AND OTHERS ARE INTRODUCED.
out
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From this reading "I'll bet I won't," replied Johnny, gruffly, as he drew the basket out of the reach of the supplicant.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
pier
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
ragged
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
reach
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From this reading "I'll bet I won't," replied Johnny, gruffly, as he drew the basket out of the reach of the supplicant.
REDBURN
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From this reading KATY REDBURN AND OTHERS ARE INTRODUCED.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I'll bet I won't," replied Johnny, gruffly, as he drew the basket out of the reach of the supplicant.
round
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From this reading "You needn't come round here tryin' to hook my fish."
said
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
sat
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
side
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From this reading "You hooked 'em," said another juvenile angler who sat on the capsill of the pier by Johnny's side.
stooped
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
supplicant
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From this reading "I'll bet I won't," replied Johnny, gruffly, as he drew the basket out of the reach of the supplicant.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You needn't come round here tryin' to hook my fish."
tryin
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From this reading "You needn't come round here tryin' to hook my fish."
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
won't
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From this reading "I'll bet I won't," replied Johnny, gruffly, as he drew the basket out of the reach of the supplicant.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You needn't come round here tryin' to hook my fish."
young
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From this reading "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
