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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 Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
affairs
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From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
air
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From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
always
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From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
attend
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From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
beautiful
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From this reading They were beautiful ponies, generally iron gray in colour, very friendly, very eager, and very lively.
break
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From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By the same token it was necessary to ride them.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
checks
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From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
clothes
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From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
colour
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From this reading They were beautiful ponies, generally iron gray in colour, very friendly, very eager, and very lively.
convinced
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From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
decided
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From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
delighted
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From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
down
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From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
eager
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From this reading They were beautiful ponies, generally iron gray in colour, very friendly, very eager, and very lively.
education
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From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
fifty
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From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
flying
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From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
forty
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From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
friendly
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From this reading They were beautiful ponies, generally iron gray in colour, very friendly, very eager, and very lively.
generally
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From this reading They were beautiful ponies, generally iron gray in colour, very friendly, very eager, and very lively.
gray
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From this reading They were beautiful ponies, generally iron gray in colour, very friendly, very eager, and very lively.
ground
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From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
iron
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From this reading They were beautiful ponies, generally iron gray in colour, very friendly, very eager, and very lively.
irrigation
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From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading By the same token it was necessary to ride them.
jar
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From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
like
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From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
lively
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From this reading They were beautiful ponies, generally iron gray in colour, very friendly, very eager, and very lively.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
necessary
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From this reading By the same token it was necessary to ride them.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
once
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From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
polo
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From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
PONIES
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From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
put
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From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
ridden
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From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
ride
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From this reading By the same token it was necessary to ride them.
riding
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From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
rough
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From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
sailed
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From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By the same token it was necessary to ride them.
seat
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From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
stables
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From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
stride
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From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were beautiful ponies, generally iron gray in colour, very friendly, very eager, and very lively.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
token
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From this reading By the same token it was necessary to ride them.
various
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From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
very
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From this reading They were beautiful ponies, generally iron gray in colour, very friendly, very eager, and very lively.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PONIES Next morning the Captain decided that he had various affairs to attend to, so we put on our riding clothes and went down to the stables.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were beautiful ponies, generally iron gray in colour, very friendly, very eager, and very lively.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Riding them was like flying through the air, for they sailed over rough ground, irrigation checks, and the like without a break in their stride, and without a jar.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The Captain had always forty or fifty polo ponies in the course of education, and he was delighted to have them ridden, once he was convinced of your seat and hands.
