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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 Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
acorn
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
ago
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From this reading Seven years ago, the last man in this region but me moved away.
all
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From this reading When he spoke, the acorn dropped out of his mouth and rolled down the roof, of course, but he didn't care; his mind was all on the thing he had struck.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
away
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From this reading Seven years ago, the last man in this region but me moved away.
Baker's
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From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
begun
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From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
big
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From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
Blue
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From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
Bluejay
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From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Seven years ago, the last man in this region but me moved away.
cabin
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
care
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From this reading When he spoke, the acorn dropped out of his mouth and rolled down the roof, of course, but he didn't care; his mind was all on the thing he had struck.
cat
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
ceiling
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From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
correctly
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From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he spoke, the acorn dropped out of his mouth and rolled down the roof, of course, but he didn't care; his mind was all on the thing he had struck.
didn't
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From this reading When he spoke, the acorn dropped out of his mouth and rolled down the roof, of course, but he didn't care; his mind was all on the thing he had struck.
down
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From this reading When he spoke, the acorn dropped out of his mouth and rolled down the roof, of course, but he didn't care; his mind was all on the thing he had struck.
dropped
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From this reading When he spoke, the acorn dropped out of his mouth and rolled down the roof, of course, but he didn't care; his mind was all on the thing he had struck.
empty
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From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
floor
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From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
front
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When he spoke, the acorn dropped out of his mouth and rolled down the roof, of course, but he didn't care; his mind was all on the thing he had struck.
hadn't
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
happened
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From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he spoke, the acorn dropped out of his mouth and rolled down the roof, of course, but he didn't care; his mind was all on the thing he had struck.
heard
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
Hello
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
hills
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
home
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
house
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From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
I've
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Seven years ago, the last man in this region but me moved away.
incident
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From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
jay
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From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
Jays
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From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
just
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From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
language
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From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Seven years ago, the last man in this region but me moved away.
leaves
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
listening
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
lit
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
log
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From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
lonely
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
looking
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
man
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From this reading Seven years ago, the last man in this region but me moved away.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Seven years ago, the last man in this region but me moved away.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he spoke, the acorn dropped out of his mouth and rolled down the roof, of course, but he didn't care; his mind was all on the thing he had struck.
more
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From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
mouth
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
moved
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From this reading Seven years ago, the last man in this region but me moved away.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
out
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
plank
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From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
rafters
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From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
reckon
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
region
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From this reading Seven years ago, the last man in this region but me moved away.
rolled
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From this reading When he spoke, the acorn dropped out of his mouth and rolled down the roof, of course, but he didn't care; his mind was all on the thing he had struck.
roof
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From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
room
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From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
rustling
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
says
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
Seven
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From this reading Seven years ago, the last man in this region but me moved away.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
sitting
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
spoke
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From this reading When he spoke, the acorn dropped out of his mouth and rolled down the roof, of course, but he didn't care; his mind was all on the thing he had struck.
stands
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From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
states
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
Stumped
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From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
sun
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
Sunday
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
taking
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
there
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From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he spoke, the acorn dropped out of his mouth and rolled down the roof, of course, but he didn't care; his mind was all on the thing he had struck.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
thirteen
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Seven years ago, the last man in this region but me moved away.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
trees
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
Well
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There stands his house--been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof--just one big room, and no more; no ceiling--nothing between the rafters and the floor.
YarnnounUS /jɑrn/
an informal story or conversation
From this reading Baker's Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays] "When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here.
years
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From this reading Seven years ago, the last man in this region but me moved away.
yonder
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From this reading Well, one Sunday morning I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hills, and listening to the leaves rustling so lonely in the trees, and thinking of the home away yonder in the states, that I hadn't heard from in thirteen years, when a bluejay lit on that house, with an acorn in his mouth, and says, 'Hello, I reckon I've struck something.'
