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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 We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
approach
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
baby
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
back
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
brown-skinned
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
calling
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
children
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
companion
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From this reading My companion swings his hat, and cries, “Hullo, baby!”
cries
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From this reading My companion swings his hat, and cries, “Hullo, baby!”
descend
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From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
dozen
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
eldest
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
English
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
escape
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
extending
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From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
fear
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
front
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From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
gate
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
girl
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
HalfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
hat
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From this reading My companion swings his hat, and cries, “Hullo, baby!”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading My companion swings his hat, and cries, “Hullo, baby!”
house
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From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
Hullo
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From this reading My companion swings his hat, and cries, “Hullo, baby!”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
keep
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
knoll
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From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
making
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My companion swings his hat, and cries, “Hullo, baby!”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
olives
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From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
other
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
out
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
pass
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From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
perfect
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
ragged
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
road
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From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
run
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
scamper
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
scurry
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
shouting
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
sight
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
swings
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From this reading My companion swings his hat, and cries, “Hullo, baby!”
terrace
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From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
then
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From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
troop
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
tumblingnounUS /ˈtumbling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
wall
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We descend, and pass by a house on a knoll, and a terrace of olives extending along the road in front.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
whole
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From this reading And when we have passed the gate, and are under the wall, the whole ragged, brown-skinned troop scurry out upon the terrace, and run along, calling after us, in perfect English, as long as we keep in sight, “Hullo, baby!”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Half a dozen children come to the road to look at us as we approach, and then scamper back to the house in fear, tumbling over each other and shouting, the eldest girl making good her escape with the baby.
