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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 She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
aghast
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From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
all
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
Baba
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From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
call
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From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
country
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
dare
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From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
heart
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From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
horse
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From this reading “My own horse!
horse-stealing
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
idea
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From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
knew
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
meant
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
mention
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
misgave
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From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
misrepresent
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My own horse!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
only
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
own
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From this reading “My own horse!
phrase
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
Ramona
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From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
Senora
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
spoke
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From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
stealing
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From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
too
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
very
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
well
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”