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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 Still, we thought we would drop down there a minute, but on another errand.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
animals
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From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Still, we thought we would drop down there a minute, but on another errand.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
beefsteak
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From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Still, we thought we would drop down there a minute, but on another errand.
cans
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From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
cargo
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From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
coolish
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From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading So we reckoned we would drop down into the lion market and see how we could make out there.
cub
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From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
down
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From this reading Still, we thought we would drop down there a minute, but on another errand.
drop
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From this reading Still, we thought we would drop down there a minute, but on another errand.
dropped
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From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
errand
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From this reading Still, we thought we would drop down there a minute, but on another errand.
fetch
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From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
food
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From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
fresh
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From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
hauled
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From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
how
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From this reading So we reckoned we would drop down into the lion market and see how we could make out there.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading So we reckoned we would drop down into the lion market and see how we could make out there.
invented
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From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
just
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From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
ladder
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From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
lion
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From this reading So we reckoned we would drop down into the lion market and see how we could make out there.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So we reckoned we would drop down into the lion market and see how we could make out there.
market
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From this reading So we reckoned we would drop down into the lion market and see how we could make out there.
minute
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From this reading Still, we thought we would drop down there a minute, but on another errand.
Missouri
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From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
Most
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From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
new
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From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Still, we thought we would drop down there a minute, but on another errand.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
out
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From this reading So we reckoned we would drop down into the lion market and see how we could make out there.
particular
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From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
professor's
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From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
put
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From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
reach
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From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
reckoned
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From this reading So we reckoned we would drop down into the lion market and see how we could make out there.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
rope
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From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
Sahara
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From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
see
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From this reading So we reckoned we would drop down into the lion market and see how we could make out there.
slip-knot
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From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
small
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From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So we reckoned we would drop down into the lion market and see how we could make out there.
somebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
stay
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From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
StillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Still, we thought we would drop down there a minute, but on another errand.
tender
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From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
then
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From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
there
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From this reading Still, we thought we would drop down there a minute, but on another errand.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Still, we thought we would drop down there a minute, but on another errand.
tiger
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From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
up
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From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
want
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From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
way
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From this reading Most of the professor’s cargo of food was put up in cans, in the new way that somebody had just invented; the rest was fresh.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Still, we thought we would drop down there a minute, but on another errand.
weather
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From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Still, we thought we would drop down there a minute, but on another errand.
yanked
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From this reading We hauled in the ladder and dropped down till we was just above the reach of the animals, then we let down a rope with a slip-knot in it and hauled up a dead lion, a small tender one, then yanked up a cub tiger.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When you fetch Missouri beefsteak to the Great Sahara, you want to be particular and stay up in the coolish weather.
