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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 ORDINARY INCIDENTS OF A SIEGE.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
assistance
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
bringing
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From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I've brought him a can of warm soup.'
burnverbUS /bɜːrn/
To consume or be consumed by fire.
From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I've brought him a can of warm soup.'
carrying
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
child
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From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
children
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
cook
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From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
Dear
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
Dollie
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
down
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From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
enemy
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From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
enough
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From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
father
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I've brought him a can of warm soup.'
I've
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From this reading I've brought him a can of warm soup.'
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
INCIDENTS
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From this reading ORDINARY INCIDENTS OF A SIEGE.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
jocosely
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From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
lot
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From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
man
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From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
men
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From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
miner
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
moat
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From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ORDINARY INCIDENTS OF A SIEGE.
only
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From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
ORDINARY
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From this reading ORDINARY INCIDENTS OF A SIEGE.
other
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From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
others
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
out
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From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
palisade
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
past
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
piled
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From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
please
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
rather
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From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
ready
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From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
said
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
seen
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
several
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
SIEGE
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From this reading ORDINARY INCIDENTS OF A SIEGE.
soup
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From this reading I've brought him a can of warm soup.'
spot
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
up
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From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
Wahle
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From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
warm
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From this reading I've brought him a can of warm soup.'
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
way
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From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
Well
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From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
why
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From this reading 'Warm soup!' said the man jocosely; 'why, the enemy cook enough of that for us, only they warm us in rather a different way.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
wood
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From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Dear Wahle,' said Dollie to a miner, who, with the assistance of several others, was carrying a great palisade past the spot where the children stood, 'please have you seen anything of my father?
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, child, your father is down in the moat with a lot of other men, bringing in wood that the enemy had piled up ready to burn us out.
