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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 BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At the foot of the hill an old man was struggling to get a hand-cart loaded with cabbages up the slope.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
approached
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From this reading Then they approached a small town entered by a steep hill.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At the top of the hill, as they rested to get their wind, a cheery-looking gentleman drove by in a dog-cart.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the foot of the hill an old man was struggling to get a hand-cart loaded with cabbages up the slope.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
BROTHER
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Then they approached a small town entered by a steep hill.
cabbages
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From this reading At the foot of the hill an old man was struggling to get a hand-cart loaded with cabbages up the slope.
called
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
cheery-looking
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From this reading At the top of the hill, as they rested to get their wind, a cheery-looking gentleman drove by in a dog-cart.
Chippy
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
Dick
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
dog-cart
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From this reading At the top of the hill, as they rested to get their wind, a cheery-looking gentleman drove by in a dog-cart.
door
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
drove
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From this reading At the top of the hill, as they rested to get their wind, a cheery-looking gentleman drove by in a dog-cart.
ease
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
entered
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From this reading Then they approached a small town entered by a steep hill.
few
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
followed
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
foot
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From this reading At the foot of the hill an old man was struggling to get a hand-cart loaded with cabbages up the slope.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
gentleman
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From this reading At the top of the hill, as they rested to get their wind, a cheery-looking gentleman drove by in a dog-cart.
get
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From this reading At the foot of the hill an old man was struggling to get a hand-cart loaded with cabbages up the slope.
got
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
greengrocer
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
hand-cart
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From this reading At the foot of the hill an old man was struggling to get a hand-cart loaded with cabbages up the slope.
heavy
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
hill
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From this reading Then they approached a small town entered by a steep hill.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At the top of the hill, as they rested to get their wind, a cheery-looking gentleman drove by in a dog-cart.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
knots
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
little
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
loaded
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From this reading At the foot of the hill an old man was struggling to get a hand-cart loaded with cabbages up the slope.
man
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From this reading At the foot of the hill an old man was struggling to get a hand-cart loaded with cabbages up the slope.
market-garden
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
met
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
mid-morning
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
neckties
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
old
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From this reading At the foot of the hill an old man was struggling to get a hand-cart loaded with cabbages up the slope.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
out
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
people
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
pushed
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
quiet
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
ran
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
rested
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From this reading At the top of the hill, as they rested to get their wind, a cheery-looking gentleman drove by in a dog-cart.
SCOUT
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
scouts
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
shafts
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
shop
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
side
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
slope
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From this reading At the foot of the hill an old man was struggling to get a hand-cart loaded with cabbages up the slope.
small
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From this reading Then they approached a small town entered by a steep hill.
steep
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From this reading Then they approached a small town entered by a steep hill.
struggling
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From this reading At the foot of the hill an old man was struggling to get a hand-cart loaded with cabbages up the slope.
supplied
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
Then
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From this reading Then they approached a small town entered by a steep hill.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
took
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From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
top
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From this reading At the top of the hill, as they rested to get their wind, a cheery-looking gentleman drove by in a dog-cart.
town
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From this reading Then they approached a small town entered by a steep hill.
TRAMPS
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
TWO
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
up
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From this reading At the foot of the hill an old man was struggling to get a hand-cart loaded with cabbages up the slope.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
ways
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From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A BROTHER SCOUT--THE TWO TRAMPS It was mid-morning before they got the knots out of their neckties, for they followed quiet ways on which few people were to be met.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The scouts called upon him to ease up; then Chippy took the shafts, and Dick pushed at the side, and they ran the heavy hand-cart up the hill to the door of the greengrocer, whose shop the old man supplied from his little market-garden.
wind
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From this reading At the top of the hill, as they rested to get their wind, a cheery-looking gentleman drove by in a dog-cart.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the foot of the hill an old man was struggling to get a hand-cart loaded with cabbages up the slope.
