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From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
air
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From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
all
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From this reading One, two, three, now all together go!”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
away
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
big
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
boy
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From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
brook
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From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
change
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From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
Douglas
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From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
drops
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
far
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
few
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
fog
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From this reading Then up in the air went the drops from the ocean, river, brook and stream that had wanted a change and a great fog was over all.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then up in the air went the drops from the ocean, river, brook and stream that had wanted a change and a great fog was over all.
go
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From this reading One, two, three, now all together go!”
Goblin
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From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then up in the air went the drops from the ocean, river, brook and stream that had wanted a change and a great fog was over all.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then up in the air went the drops from the ocean, river, brook and stream that had wanted a change and a great fog was over all.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
heard
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
lake
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
Land
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From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
Let's
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
mother
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From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
murmurings
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
Nod
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From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
now
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From this reading One, two, three, now all together go!”
ocean
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
off
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From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One, two, three, now all together go!”
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then up in the air went the drops from the ocean, river, brook and stream that had wanted a change and a great fog was over all.
river
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
roaring
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
rumbling
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
said
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From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
saw
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From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
SEPTEMBER
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From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
stream
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From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then up in the air went the drops from the ocean, river, brook and stream that had wanted a change and a great fog was over all.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
Then
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From this reading Then up in the air went the drops from the ocean, river, brook and stream that had wanted a change and a great fog was over all.
three
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From this reading One, two, three, now all together go!”
tiny
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From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
together
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From this reading One, two, three, now all together go!”
tones
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From this reading A few drops in the big ocean not far away heard the murmurings of the river, lake, brook and stream and said in roaring, rumbling tones: “Let’s have a change.
two
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From this reading One, two, three, now all together go!”
up
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From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
want
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From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
wanted
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From this reading Then up in the air went the drops from the ocean, river, brook and stream that had wanted a change and a great fog was over all.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then up in the air went the drops from the ocean, river, brook and stream that had wanted a change and a great fog was over all.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then up in the air went the drops from the ocean, river, brook and stream that had wanted a change and a great fog was over all.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
world
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From this reading “I want a change to the air,” said a little brook, and a tiny stream said, “I want to be up in the world for a little while.”
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SEPTEMBER 22: The Land of Nod “You must go off to the Land of Nod,” said a mother to her little boy whose name was Douglas, and before long Douglas saw a Goblin standing before him.
