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aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
anyway
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
appearance
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From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
arise
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From this reading "Get up everybody," shouted Grant, the first to arise.
astir
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From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
awake
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
BEACH
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From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
call
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From this reading "Yon won't have to call me twice," exclaimed John, hastily rising to his feet.
cave
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From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
come
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
day
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From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "We've got work to do."
enough
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading "Get up everybody," shouted Grant, the first to arise.
exclaimed
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From this reading "Yon won't have to call me twice," exclaimed John, hastily rising to his feet.
feet
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From this reading "Yon won't have to call me twice," exclaimed John, hastily rising to his feet.
first
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From this reading "Get up everybody," shouted Grant, the first to arise.
following
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From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
Get
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From this reading "Get up everybody," shouted Grant, the first to arise.
give
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
got
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From this reading "We've got work to do."
Grant
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From this reading "Get up everybody," shouted Grant, the first to arise.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
half
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
hastily
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From this reading "Yon won't have to call me twice," exclaimed John, hastily rising to his feet.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Yon won't have to call me twice," exclaimed John, hastily rising to his feet.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Yon won't have to call me twice," exclaimed John, hastily rising to his feet.
horizon
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From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
I've
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
inmates
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From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
John
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From this reading "Yon won't have to call me twice," exclaimed John, hastily rising to his feet.
just
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
light
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
made
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From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Yon won't have to call me twice," exclaimed John, hastily rising to his feet.
night
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
old
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
out
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
rising
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From this reading "Yon won't have to call me twice," exclaimed John, hastily rising to his feet.
scarcely
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From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
see
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
seems
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
shouted
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From this reading "Get up everybody," shouted Grant, the first to arise.
sun
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From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Get up everybody," shouted Grant, the first to arise.
twice
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From this reading "Yon won't have to call me twice," exclaimed John, hastily rising to his feet.
up
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From this reading "Get up everybody," shouted Grant, the first to arise.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
waiting
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From this reading "It seems to me I've been awake half the night anyway, just waiting for that old sun to come out and give us enough light to see."
We've
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From this reading "We've got work to do."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading ON THE BEACH The sun had scarcely made its appearance above the horizon the following day when the inmates of the cave were astir.
won't
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From this reading "Yon won't have to call me twice," exclaimed John, hastily rising to his feet.
work
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From this reading "We've got work to do."
Yon
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From this reading "Yon won't have to call me twice," exclaimed John, hastily rising to his feet.
