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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 THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the foot of the hanger they met with a stroke of luck.
axe
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
beech
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
beech-tree
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From this reading They found a young beech-tree which had been blown down in some winter storm.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They found a young beech-tree which had been blown down in some winter storm.
blown
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From this reading They found a young beech-tree which had been blown down in some winter storm.
bone
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
burns
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
CAMP
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From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
Chippy
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From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
cookery
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From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
crackling
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From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
cut
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
cutting
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
Dick
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
down
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From this reading They found a young beech-tree which had been blown down in some winter storm.
dry
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From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
easy
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
eight
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
embers
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From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
fire
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From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
FIRST
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From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
first-rate
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
foot
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From this reading At the foot of the hanger they met with a stroke of luck.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
found
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From this reading They found a young beech-tree which had been blown down in some winter storm.
four
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
great
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From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
hand
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From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
hanger
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From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
heap
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
inches
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
lack
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From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
littered
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From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
little
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
logs
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
long
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
luck
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From this reading At the foot of the hanger they met with a stroke of luck.
material
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From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
met
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From this reading At the foot of the hanger they met with a stroke of luck.
more
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
need
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From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
now
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
pile
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From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
red-hot
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From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
rousing
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From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
sandy
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From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
soil
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From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
some
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From this reading They found a young beech-tree which had been blown down in some winter storm.
soon
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From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
split
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
sticks
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From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
storm
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From this reading They found a young beech-tree which had been blown down in some winter storm.
stroke
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From this reading At the foot of the hanger they met with a stroke of luck.
stuff
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
sweetly
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
taken
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From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
ten
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
there
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From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
thing
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From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
three
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
tree
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
went
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They found a young beech-tree which had been blown down in some winter storm.
winter
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From this reading They found a young beech-tree which had been blown down in some winter storm.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The hanger was littered with dry sticks, so that there was no lack of material, and soon they had a rousing fire crackling on the sandy soil.
wood
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
work
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From this reading It was now as dry as a bone and easy cutting, and Dick went to work with the little axe, and soon cut and split a heap of logs some eight or ten inches long and three or four inches through--first-rate stuff, for no tree in the wood burns more sweetly than beech.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading THE FIRST CAMP The fire was taken in hand first thing, for Chippy would need a great pile of red-hot embers for his cookery.
young
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From this reading They found a young beech-tree which had been blown down in some winter storm.
