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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 They were a different people, really.
ABOUTprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ALL ABOUT THE GILLIGOGGS AND THE DROFFS The Droffs and the Gilligoggs had never understood each other.
ALL
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From this reading ALL ABOUT THE GILLIGOGGS AND THE DROFFS The Droffs and the Gilligoggs had never understood each other.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ALL ABOUT THE GILLIGOGGS AND THE DROFFS The Droffs and the Gilligoggs had never understood each other.
arms
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
bodies
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
buried
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
came
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
cave
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
creatures
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From this reading For example, the Droffs were shaggy-looking creatures with forms that resembled the Wooly Mammoth.
deep
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They were a different people, really.
DROFFS
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From this reading ALL ABOUT THE GILLIGOGGS AND THE DROFFS The Droffs and the Gilligoggs had never understood each other.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading ALL ABOUT THE GILLIGOGGS AND THE DROFFS The Droffs and the Gilligoggs had never understood each other.
exactly
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
example
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From this reading For example, the Droffs were shaggy-looking creatures with forms that resembled the Wooly Mammoth.
eyes
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
follow
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For example, the Droffs were shaggy-looking creatures with forms that resembled the Wooly Mammoth.
forms
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From this reading For example, the Droffs were shaggy-looking creatures with forms that resembled the Wooly Mammoth.
fur
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
GILLIGOGGS
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From this reading ALL ABOUT THE GILLIGOGGS AND THE DROFFS The Droffs and the Gilligoggs had never understood each other.
grammar
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
gruff
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
grunts
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ALL ABOUT THE GILLIGOGGS AND THE DROFFS The Droffs and the Gilligoggs had never understood each other.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
heads
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
large
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
legs
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
like
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
Mammoth
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From this reading For example, the Droffs were shaggy-looking creatures with forms that resembled the Wooly Mammoth.
man
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
match
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ALL ABOUT THE GILLIGOGGS AND THE DROFFS The Droffs and the Gilligoggs had never understood each other.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
other
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From this reading ALL ABOUT THE GILLIGOGGS AND THE DROFFS The Droffs and the Gilligoggs had never understood each other.
out
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
people
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From this reading They were a different people, really.
really
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From this reading They were a different people, really.
resembled
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From this reading For example, the Droffs were shaggy-looking creatures with forms that resembled the Wooly Mammoth.
rules
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
shaggy
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
shaggy-looking
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From this reading For example, the Droffs were shaggy-looking creatures with forms that resembled the Wooly Mammoth.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
sound
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
sounded
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
squat
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
straggly
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For example, the Droffs were shaggy-looking creatures with forms that resembled the Wooly Mammoth.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALL ABOUT THE GILLIGOGGS AND THE DROFFS The Droffs and the Gilligoggs had never understood each other.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were a different people, really.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
tone
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
too
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
torrent
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
tree
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
trunks
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From this reading They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur.
understood
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From this reading ALL ABOUT THE GILLIGOGGS AND THE DROFFS The Droffs and the Gilligoggs had never understood each other.
unlike
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
vary
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
voices
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were a different people, really.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading For example, the Droffs were shaggy-looking creatures with forms that resembled the Wooly Mammoth.
Wooly
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From this reading For example, the Droffs were shaggy-looking creatures with forms that resembled the Wooly Mammoth.
words
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From this reading Their voices had a deep gruff sound not unlike a cave man might have sounded, and their words came out in a torrent of grunts that did not vary in tone and that did not exactly follow the rules of grammar.
