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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 “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
bad
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From this reading “A bad business!” said Nazárka.
bowed
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From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
brim
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From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
Burlák
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From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
business
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From this reading “A bad business!” said Nazárka.
carefully
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From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
chikhir
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From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
cup
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From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
Daddy
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From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
filled
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From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He seems to know!”
head
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From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
health
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From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
heard
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From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
horses
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From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
how
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From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He seems to know!”
Lukáshka
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From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
many
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From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
mother's
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From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
Nazárka
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From this reading “A bad business!” said Nazárka.
raising
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From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
regular
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From this reading “A regular wizard!”
said
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From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
seems
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From this reading He seems to know!”
stolen
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From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
taking
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From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
wizard
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From this reading “A regular wizard!”
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.