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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 The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
Adelaide
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
all
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
amused
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From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
Ballads
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From this reading --_Rhunewalt's Ballads of Life_.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
call
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
calling
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From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
came
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From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
can't
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
candy
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From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
conclusion
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
deny
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
don't
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
dreamed
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From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
else
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From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
enjoy
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
enjoyed
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
entertained
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From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
face
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
falling
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From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
far
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From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
fault
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
find
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From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
give
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
given
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
go
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From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
going
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
haven't
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
heard
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From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
home
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From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
it's
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
just
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
less
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From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --_Rhunewalt's Ballads of Life_.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
more
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From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
much
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From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
nicer
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From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
night
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From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
nose
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading --_Rhunewalt's Ballads of Life_.
old
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From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
other
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From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
own
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
peppermint
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From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
persuade
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From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
Pig
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From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
plain
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
play
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From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
play-fellows
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From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
put
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
reply
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
Rhunewalt's
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From this reading --_Rhunewalt's Ballads of Life_.
roam
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From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
show
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From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
sign
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
somewhere
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From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
sweeter
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From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
taffy
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From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
then
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
things
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
truly-ann-true
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
try
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
turn
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
up
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
wander
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From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The old Pig went to wander, The other went far to roam And, at last, when night was falling, And a little Pig was calling Never a one came home.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading And more than that, if you know so much that you don't know anything, or less than anything, you will have to go somewhere else to be amused and entertained; you will have to find other play-fellows.
wipple-wappling
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From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You might persuade us to play with you if you had something nicer than peppermint candy, and sweeter than taffy, and then Adelaide would show you things that you never so much as dreamed of before, and tell you things you never heard of.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Adelaide and I have come to the conclusion that if you can't believe anything at all, not even the things that are as plain as the nose on your face--if you can't enjoy what is put here to be enjoyed--if you are going to turn up your nose at everything we tell you, and deny things that we know to be truly-ann-true, just because we haven't given you the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die sign--then it's your own fault if we don't reply when you try to give the wipple-wappling call.
