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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
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adventures
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all
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
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Australia
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Bad
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Ball-Carrier
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beasts
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beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
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begin
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birds
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black
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Book
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Bunyip
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bush
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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catching
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Central
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children
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clothes
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comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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eat
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evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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example
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exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
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Fairy
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fellows
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fishes
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ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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Gillen
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go
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grandmothers
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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Indian
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ink
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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known
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lessons
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littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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lizards
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maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
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merry
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Messrs
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more
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nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
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norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
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Northern
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The stories in this Fairy Book come from all quarters of the world.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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ones
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pen
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photographs
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quarters
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Races
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Red
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runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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school
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see
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snakes
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Spencer
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stories
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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
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thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
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TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
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thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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tracking
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troubles
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uneducated
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
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whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
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withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
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world
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YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
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