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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 SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
Adam
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From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
also
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From this reading As Margy rolled along, the box she had been carrying also rolled.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading As Margy rolled along, the box she had been carrying also rolled.
box
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From this reading As Margy rolled along, the box she had been carrying also rolled.
broad
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From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
Bunker
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From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
Bunkers
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From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
carrying
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From this reading As Margy rolled along, the box she had been carrying also rolled.
chubby
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From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
distance
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From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
fall
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From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
father
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From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
Five
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From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
girl
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From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As Margy rolled along, the box she had been carrying also rolled.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
little
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From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
long
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From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
looked
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From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
Margy
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From this reading That one little Bunker was Margy.
Margy's
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From this reading There was nothing very strange in Margy’s rolling over and over after a tumble.
mother
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From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
Norah
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From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
North
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From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was nothing very strange in Margy’s rolling over and over after a tumble.
often
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From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading There was nothing very strange in Margy’s rolling over and over after a tumble.
path
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From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
plight
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From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
queer
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From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
quite
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From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
rolled
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From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
rolling
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From this reading There was nothing very strange in Margy’s rolling over and over after a tumble.
round
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From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
said
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From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
short
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From this reading After her fall Margy rolled along the path a short distance, for she was a round little girl, quite chubby and, as her father often said, “about as broad as she was long.”
SOMETHINGpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
strange
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From this reading There was nothing very strange in Margy’s rolling over and over after a tumble.
STRAW
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From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That one little Bunker was Margy.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
There
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From this reading There was nothing very strange in Margy’s rolling over and over after a tumble.
tumble
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From this reading There was nothing very strange in Margy’s rolling over and over after a tumble.
very
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From this reading There was nothing very strange in Margy’s rolling over and over after a tumble.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That one little Bunker was Margy.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading SOMETHING IN THE STRAW Five little Bunkers, with their father, their mother, Norah, and Adam North looked at one little Bunker in a queer plight.
