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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 BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
All
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
almost
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From this reading They could almost see the plants grow from day to day.
aloud
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
altogether
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From this reading The garden was altogether too interesting to leave.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
BARBARA
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “What can they be?
bed
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From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
birds
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “What can they be?
coming
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They could almost see the plants grow from day to day.
day
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From this reading They could almost see the plants grow from day to day.
delightful
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
draw
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
enjoy
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
FRIETCHIE
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They could almost see the plants grow from day to day.
fuchsia
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From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
garden
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
grow
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From this reading They could almost see the plants grow from day to day.
happy
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
hours
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
interesting
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From this reading The garden was altogether too interesting to leave.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
leaf
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
leave
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
lessons
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
Lois
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From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
Lois's
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
lot
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From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
maps
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
meant
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From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
middle
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From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
numbers
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
one's
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
only
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
out-of-door
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
plant
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From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
plants
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From this reading They could almost see the plants grow from day to day.
queer
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From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
read
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
room
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
said
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From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
school
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
see
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From this reading They could almost see the plants grow from day to day.
seeds
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
self
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
shut
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
singing
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
spring
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
sprout
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
stuffy
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
sunny
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
there
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They could almost see the plants grow from day to day.
things
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From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
tiresome
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
too
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From this reading The garden was altogether too interesting to leave.
trees
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
up
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What can they be?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “There are a lot of queer things coming up in the middle of my bed, where I meant to plant my fuchsia,” said Lois one morning.
world
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From this reading BARBARA FRIETCHIE All through this happy spring there was only one part of Lois’s life that she did not enjoy, and this was school; for it seemed such a waste of sunny hours, when the birds were singing and the trees were coming into leaf, and the seeds in the garden were beginning to sprout, to have to leave this delightful out-of-door world and shut one’s self up for hours in a stuffy room, and have tiresome lessons in numbers, or draw maps, or read aloud.
