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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 With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
adventurous
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From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
all
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
arms
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From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
arrived
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From this reading My big thing arrived when I was eight years old.
baby
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From this reading And there are other baby things, of course.
back
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
big
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From this reading Then there come the big things which one can never forget.
Black-and-White
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
Cassell
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
Colour
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then there come the big things which one can never forget.
Company
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there are other baby things, of course.
eight
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From this reading My big thing arrived when I was eight years old.
father's
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From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
floor
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From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
forget
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From this reading Then there come the big things which one can never forget.
Frontispiece
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
greet
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From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
kinds
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
London
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
Ltd
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
mean
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
Melbourne
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
mother's
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From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My big thing arrived when I was eight years old.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then there come the big things which one can never forget.
New
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
old
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From this reading My big thing arrived when I was eight years old.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
other
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From this reading And there are other baby things, of course.
out
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From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
Plates
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
smile
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From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
stretched
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From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
Then
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From this reading Then there come the big things which one can never forget.
There
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My big thing arrived when I was eight years old.
things
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
Three
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
toddling
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From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
Toronto
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My big thing arrived when I was eight years old.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Then there come the big things which one can never forget.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
years
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From this reading My big thing arrived when I was eight years old.
York
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From this reading With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all.
