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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 "Whoop! we ain't in thuch a hurry ath all that, Toby.
ain't
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From this reading "Whoop! we ain't in thuch a hurry ath all that, Toby.
all
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From this reading "Whoop! we ain't in thuch a hurry ath all that, Toby.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Get a grip on the linth, Elmer, and help him pull.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
ath
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From this reading "Whoop! we ain't in thuch a hurry ath all that, Toby.
Elmer
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From this reading Get a grip on the linth, Elmer, and help him pull.
floundered
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From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
George
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From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
Get
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From this reading Get a grip on the linth, Elmer, and help him pull.
got
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From this reading Oh! what a quack I got then on my head.
grip
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From this reading Get a grip on the linth, Elmer, and help him pull.
gunny
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From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
HAPPENED
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From this reading WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD "HOLD her in, Toby!"
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
head
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From this reading Oh! what a quack I got then on my head.
heard
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From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Get a grip on the linth, Elmer, and help him pull.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD "HOLD her in, Toby!"
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
HOLD
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From this reading WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD "HOLD her in, Toby!"
hurry
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From this reading "Whoop! we ain't in thuch a hurry ath all that, Toby.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh! what a quack I got then on my head.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD "HOLD her in, Toby!"
linth
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From this reading Get a grip on the linth, Elmer, and help him pull.
midst
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From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Oh! what a quack I got then on my head.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
Oh
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From this reading Oh! what a quack I got then on my head.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD "HOLD her in, Toby!"
other
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From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
pull
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From this reading Get a grip on the linth, Elmer, and help him pull.
quack
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From this reading Oh! what a quack I got then on my head.
ROAD
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From this reading WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD "HOLD her in, Toby!"
sacks
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From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
scouts
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From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
shout
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From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
straddling
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From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Whoop! we ain't in thuch a hurry ath all that, Toby.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD "HOLD her in, Toby!"
then
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From this reading Oh! what a quack I got then on my head.
thuch
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From this reading "Whoop! we ain't in thuch a hurry ath all that, Toby.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
Toby
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From this reading WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD "HOLD her in, Toby!"
two
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From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Whoop! we ain't in thuch a hurry ath all that, Toby.
WHATpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD "HOLD her in, Toby!"
Whoop
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From this reading "Whoop! we ain't in thuch a hurry ath all that, Toby.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading George was heard to shout, as he floundered around in the midst of the gunny sacks, with the other two scouts straddling him half the time.