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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 With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
ape's
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
atop
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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
banana
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
beast
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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
biscuits
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
bits
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
branches
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
care
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
Christopher
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From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.
commandingly
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From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.
Court
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From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.
elaboration
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
Giuseppe
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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
glacés
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
Gyascutis
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From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.
He's
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From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.
head
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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
interested
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From this reading “No--now he's interested.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
Jimmy
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From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
lower
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
lud
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From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.
marrons
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.
mercy
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From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.
misunderstanding
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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
monkey
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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “No--now he's interested.
now
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From this reading “No--now he's interested.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
oranges
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
organ
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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
ornamented
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
Paradise
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
path
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
placed
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From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
said
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From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.
Sir
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From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
sugar-topped
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
throwing
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From this reading “He's throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, me lud,” said Jimmy.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
tree's
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
Unchain
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From this reading “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly.
very
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From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With care and elaboration they ornamented that tree's lower branches with sugar-topped biscuits, oranges, bits of banana, and _marrons glacés_ till it looked a very ape's path to Paradise.