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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 Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
aeronaut
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From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
arm
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Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Be careful, Mr. Parks!”
break
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
camp
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From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
careful
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From this reading “Be careful, Mr. Parks!”
centernounUS /ˈsɛn.tər/
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
cook
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dat
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Foh
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From this reading “Foh goodness sake, sah!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
frantic
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From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
goodness
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From this reading “Foh goodness sake, sah!
grouped
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From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
inventor
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made
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Morse
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Mr
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ober
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occupied
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From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
Parks
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rush
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sah
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From this reading “Foh goodness sake, sah!
sake
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From this reading “Foh goodness sake, sah!
Scipio
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From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
space
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From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”
together
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From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
want
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wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
Yo
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