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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 By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
ALL
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Yet I know it is too far for such little people to go along and get back for lunch."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
any
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Oh, they are having a good time," Cecile said.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
back
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From this reading "Yet I know it is too far for such little people to go along and get back for lunch."
barns
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
bobsled
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
caught
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
Cecile
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From this reading "Oh, they are having a good time," Cecile said.
condemned
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From this reading "I feel somewhat condemned for leaving them behind," Ruth said.
cut
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
departure
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
DOWN
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
far
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From this reading "Yet I know it is too far for such little people to go along and get back for lunch."
feel
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From this reading "I feel somewhat condemned for leaving them behind," Ruth said.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I feel somewhat condemned for leaving them behind," Ruth said.
get
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From this reading "Yet I know it is too far for such little people to go along and get back for lunch."
girls
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
go
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From this reading "Yet I know it is too far for such little people to go along and get back for lunch."
good
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From this reading "Oh, they are having a good time," Cecile said.
got
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading "Oh, they are having a good time," Cecile said.
hearing
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
HILL
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I feel somewhat condemned for leaving them behind," Ruth said.
indeed
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Yet I know it is too far for such little people to go along and get back for lunch."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Yet I know it is too far for such little people to go along and get back for lunch."
just
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
know
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From this reading "Yet I know it is too far for such little people to go along and get back for lunch."
leaving
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From this reading "I feel somewhat condemned for leaving them behind," Ruth said.
little
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
Lodge
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
lunch
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From this reading "Yet I know it is too far for such little people to go along and get back for lunch."
merry
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
off
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, they are having a good time," Cecile said.
opened
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
out
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
party
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
path
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
people
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
Pinkney
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
right
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
Ruth
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From this reading "I feel somewhat condemned for leaving them behind," Ruth said.
said
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From this reading "I feel somewhat condemned for leaving them behind," Ruth said.
Sammy
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
somewhat
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From this reading "I feel somewhat condemned for leaving them behind," Ruth said.
soon
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
striking
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "Yet I know it is too far for such little people to go along and get back for lunch."
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "I feel somewhat condemned for leaving them behind," Ruth said.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
time
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From this reading "Oh, they are having a good time," Cecile said.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Yet I know it is too far for such little people to go along and get back for lunch."
too
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From this reading "Yet I know it is too far for such little people to go along and get back for lunch."
two
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
very
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
view
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
wood
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From this reading By striking into a path which opened into the wood right behind the barns, they cut off any view the two little girls and Sammy Pinkney might have caught of their departure.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading "Yet I know it is too far for such little people to go along and get back for lunch."
young
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From this reading ALL DOWN HILL The party of young people with the bobsled was very merry indeed just as soon as they got out of hearing of the Lodge.
