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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 SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
all
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From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
anyway
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From this reading But anyway, it knocked all the fun out of that meeting for us, and I don’t know what the other fellows thought.
bet
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From this reading Westy’s a mighty nice fellow, you bet, and he’s a good scout.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
call
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From this reading Westy said we’d call it just getting off the trail.
DOauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
don't
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From this reading But anyway, it knocked all the fun out of that meeting for us, and I don’t know what the other fellows thought.
Ellsworth
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fellow
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From this reading Westy’s a mighty nice fellow, you bet, and he’s a good scout.
fellows
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From this reading But anyway, it knocked all the fun out of that meeting for us, and I don’t know what the other fellows thought.
fix
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From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But anyway, it knocked all the fun out of that meeting for us, and I don’t know what the other fellows thought.
fun
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From this reading But anyway, it knocked all the fun out of that meeting for us, and I don’t know what the other fellows thought.
getting
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From this reading Westy said we’d call it just getting off the trail.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Westy’s a mighty nice fellow, you bet, and he’s a good scout.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Skinny was there in his new suit and he showed how proud he was to have it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
he's
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From this reading Westy’s a mighty nice fellow, you bet, and he’s a good scout.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Skinny was there in his new suit and he showed how proud he was to have it.
how
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From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Skinny was there in his new suit and he showed how proud he was to have it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
just
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From this reading Westy said we’d call it just getting off the trail.
knew
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From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
knocked
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From this reading But anyway, it knocked all the fun out of that meeting for us, and I don’t know what the other fellows thought.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But anyway, it knocked all the fun out of that meeting for us, and I don’t know what the other fellows thought.
laws
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like
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From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
made
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maybe
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meeting
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mighty
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From this reading Westy’s a mighty nice fellow, you bet, and he’s a good scout.
mistake
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Mr
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new
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From this reading Skinny was there in his new suit and he showed how proud he was to have it.
nice
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From this reading Westy’s a mighty nice fellow, you bet, and he’s a good scout.
oath
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From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But anyway, it knocked all the fun out of that meeting for us, and I don’t know what the other fellows thought.
off
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From this reading Westy said we’d call it just getting off the trail.
other
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From this reading But anyway, it knocked all the fun out of that meeting for us, and I don’t know what the other fellows thought.
out
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From this reading But anyway, it knocked all the fun out of that meeting for us, and I don’t know what the other fellows thought.
proud
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From this reading Skinny was there in his new suit and he showed how proud he was to have it.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
said
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say
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scout
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From this reading Westy’s a mighty nice fellow, you bet, and he’s a good scout.
scouting
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shouldn't
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showed
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From this reading Skinny was there in his new suit and he showed how proud he was to have it.
SHOWS
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Skinny
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From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
sometime
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suit
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From this reading Skinny was there in his new suit and he showed how proud he was to have it.
taken
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TALKING
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But anyway, it knocked all the fun out of that meeting for us, and I don’t know what the other fellows thought.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
then
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there
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From this reading Skinny was there in his new suit and he showed how proud he was to have it.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
trail
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From this reading Westy said we’d call it just getting off the trail.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But anyway, it knocked all the fun out of that meeting for us, and I don’t know what the other fellows thought.
wait
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From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Skinny was there in his new suit and he showed how proud he was to have it.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
we'd
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From this reading Westy said we’d call it just getting off the trail.
Westy
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From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
Westy's
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From this reading Westy’s a mighty nice fellow, you bet, and he’s a good scout.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But anyway, it knocked all the fun out of that meeting for us, and I don’t know what the other fellows thought.
WHEREconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
YOUpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SHOWS YOU WHERE I DO THE TALKING Westy said we shouldn’t say anything to Mr. Ellsworth, but wait until Skinny had taken the oath and knew all the laws and all about scouting, and then maybe say something to him, how we thought maybe he had made a mistake sometime and would like to fix it right.
