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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 A TRIP NOT WITHOUT INCIDENT.
abound
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From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
always
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From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She halted to look at a bare-legged boy, who with his straw hat was seining a rivulet.
bare-legged
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From this reading She halted to look at a bare-legged boy, who with his straw hat was seining a rivulet.
book
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From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
boy
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From this reading She halted to look at a bare-legged boy, who with his straw hat was seining a rivulet.
chinking
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From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
day
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From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
dollars
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dust
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From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
feeding
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From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
few
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From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
halted
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From this reading She halted to look at a bare-legged boy, who with his straw hat was seining a rivulet.
hat
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From this reading She halted to look at a bare-legged boy, who with his straw hat was seining a rivulet.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
INCIDENT
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From this reading A TRIP NOT WITHOUT INCIDENT.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
jogged
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From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She halted to look at a bare-legged boy, who with his straw hat was seining a rivulet.
many
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From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
Margaret
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From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
minute
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From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
mocking-bird
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From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
mountaineer
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From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
NOTadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A TRIP NOT WITHOUT INCIDENT.
observationnounUS /ˈobservation/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
old
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From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
pictures
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From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
pistol
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From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
pocket
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From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
rivulet
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From this reading She halted to look at a bare-legged boy, who with his straw hat was seining a rivulet.
road
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From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
saw
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From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
seining
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From this reading She halted to look at a bare-legged boy, who with his straw hat was seining a rivulet.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
silver
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From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
smoothed
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From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
snake
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From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
steel
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From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
straw
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From this reading She halted to look at a bare-legged boy, who with his straw hat was seining a rivulet.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
thorn-bush
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From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She halted to look at a bare-legged boy, who with his straw hat was seining a rivulet.
TRIP
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From this reading A TRIP NOT WITHOUT INCIDENT.
untoprepositionUS /ˈʌntuː/
an old word for “to”
From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
volume
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From this reading In observation the mountaineer is always minute; each day is a volume unto itself, and in this book abound many pictures.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She halted to look at a bare-legged boy, who with his straw hat was seining a rivulet.
way
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From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She halted to look at a bare-legged boy, who with his straw hat was seining a rivulet.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a few silver dollars in her pocket, chinking against the steel of her pistol, Margaret jogged along the road.
WITHOUTprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading A TRIP NOT WITHOUT INCIDENT.
woman
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From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
young
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From this reading In a thorn-bush the old woman saw a mocking-bird feeding her young; in the dust she saw where a snake had smoothed his way across the road.
