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all
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From this reading “You may play the piano-player all day, if you like.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HELPING HERE AND THERE Daddy and Sunny Boy found Aunt Bessie and Miss Martinson very glad to see them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
asked
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From this reading Aunt Bessie asked Sunny.
Aunt
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away
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From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
Bessie
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Boy
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From this reading HELPING HERE AND THERE Daddy and Sunny Boy found Aunt Bessie and Miss Martinson very glad to see them.
cut
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From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
Daddy
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day
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From this reading “You may play the piano-player all day, if you like.
Don't
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From this reading “Don’t you want to stay with me, lambie?”
eat
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From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
found
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From this reading HELPING HERE AND THERE Daddy and Sunny Boy found Aunt Bessie and Miss Martinson very glad to see them.
glad
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glass
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good
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Harriet
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From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
HELPING
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From this reading HELPING HERE AND THERE Daddy and Sunny Boy found Aunt Bessie and Miss Martinson very glad to see them.
HERE
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From this reading HELPING HERE AND THERE Daddy and Sunny Boy found Aunt Bessie and Miss Martinson very glad to see them.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “You may play the piano-player all day, if you like.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
kitchen
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From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
lambie
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From this reading “Don’t you want to stay with me, lambie?”
like
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From this reading “You may play the piano-player all day, if you like.
making
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From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
Martinson
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From this reading HELPING HERE AND THERE Daddy and Sunny Boy found Aunt Bessie and Miss Martinson very glad to see them.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “You may play the piano-player all day, if you like.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Don’t you want to stay with me, lambie?”
Miss
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From this reading HELPING HERE AND THERE Daddy and Sunny Boy found Aunt Bessie and Miss Martinson very glad to see them.
packing
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From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
piano-player
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From this reading “You may play the piano-player all day, if you like.
play
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put
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see
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some
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From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
stay
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From this reading “Don’t you want to stay with me, lambie?”
Sunny
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From this reading HELPING HERE AND THERE Daddy and Sunny Boy found Aunt Bessie and Miss Martinson very glad to see them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading HELPING HERE AND THERE Daddy and Sunny Boy found Aunt Bessie and Miss Martinson very glad to see them.
THERE
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From this reading HELPING HERE AND THERE Daddy and Sunny Boy found Aunt Bessie and Miss Martinson very glad to see them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HELPING HERE AND THERE Daddy and Sunny Boy found Aunt Bessie and Miss Martinson very glad to see them.
usual
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very
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From this reading HELPING HERE AND THERE Daddy and Sunny Boy found Aunt Bessie and Miss Martinson very glad to see them.
want
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From this reading “Don’t you want to stay with me, lambie?”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
washing
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From this reading Aunt Bessie was packing, Miss Martinson washing some cut glass to be put away, and Harriet in the kitchen, as usual, was making something good to eat.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Don’t you want to stay with me, lambie?”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Don’t you want to stay with me, lambie?”
