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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 THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
arctics
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From this reading “Captain Taft’s arctics have their proper background at last.”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Everything comes to him who waits,” said Grandmother Lois, as she saw the captain coming down the street.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Captain Taft’s arctics have their proper background at last.”
background
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From this reading “Captain Taft’s arctics have their proper background at last.”
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
Brown
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From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
came
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
captainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Everything comes to him who waits,” said Grandmother Lois, as she saw the captain coming down the street.
CLUB
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
comes
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From this reading “Everything comes to him who waits,” said Grandmother Lois, as she saw the captain coming down the street.
coming
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From this reading “Everything comes to him who waits,” said Grandmother Lois, as she saw the captain coming down the street.
day
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
departed
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From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
down
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From this reading “Everything comes to him who waits,” said Grandmother Lois, as she saw the captain coming down the street.
early
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Everything comes to him who waits,” said Grandmother Lois, as she saw the captain coming down the street.
family
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From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
father
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From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
felt
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From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
Grandmother
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
hard
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From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Captain Taft’s arctics have their proper background at last.”
heavy
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Everything comes to him who waits,” said Grandmother Lois, as she saw the captain coming down the street.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
including
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From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
Jessie
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From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
kitten
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From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Captain Taft’s arctics have their proper background at last.”
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
Lois
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
lonely
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From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
missed
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From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
Mittens
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
most
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From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
off
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From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
people
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From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
proper
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From this reading “Captain Taft’s arctics have their proper background at last.”
said
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From this reading “Everything comes to him who waits,” said Grandmother Lois, as she saw the captain coming down the street.
saw
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From this reading “Everything comes to him who waits,” said Grandmother Lois, as she saw the captain coming down the street.
see
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From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
several
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From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Everything comes to him who waits,” said Grandmother Lois, as she saw the captain coming down the street.
snowstorm
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
Sophie
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From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
spite
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From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
station
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From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
street
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From this reading “Everything comes to him who waits,” said Grandmother Lois, as she saw the captain coming down the street.
Taft's
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From this reading “Captain Taft’s arctics have their proper background at last.”
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “Captain Taft’s arctics have their proper background at last.”
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
there
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
town
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
TRIO
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
very
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From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
waits
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From this reading “Everything comes to him who waits,” said Grandmother Lois, as she saw the captain coming down the street.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In spite of this, however, several people, besides the family, went to the station to see her off, including Sophie Brown and her father.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading “Everything comes to him who waits,” said Grandmother Lois, as she saw the captain coming down the street.
Winter
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
witch
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From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lois and Jessie felt very lonely after Grandmother Lois had departed with the witch kitten, and it was hard to tell which of them they missed the most.
year
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From this reading THE TRIO CLUB Winter came early that year, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the day when Grandmother Lois and Mittens left town.
