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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 Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
all
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From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Want to come along and show me Lawton?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
Anderson
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
Bill
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
bright
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
businesslike
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
called
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From this reading "Hey!" called Bill joyfully.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Want to come along and show me Lawton?
coming
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From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
Dad
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From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
dandy
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From this reading Dad sets up a dandy dinner, I will say.
day
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From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
days
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
dinner
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From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
Frank
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
goggles
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
heard
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
Hey
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From this reading "Hey!" called Bill joyfully.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Dad sets up a dandy dinner, I will say.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
invent
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
joyfully
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From this reading "Hey!" called Bill joyfully.
later
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
Lawton
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From this reading "Want to come along and show me Lawton?
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Want to come along and show me Lawton?
meet
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From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
mother
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From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
out
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
put
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
Saturday
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
say
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From this reading Dad sets up a dandy dinner, I will say.
scheme
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
see
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
sets
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From this reading Dad sets up a dandy dinner, I will say.
show
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From this reading "Want to come along and show me Lawton?
sights
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From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
silvery
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
siren
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
stay
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From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
Swallow
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
then
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From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
to-night
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From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
tooting
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
two
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
up
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From this reading Dad sets up a dandy dinner, I will say.
Want
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From this reading "Want to come along and show me Lawton?
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Dad sets up a dandy dinner, I will say.
window
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From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dad and mother are coming in for dinner to-night, and we can stay in all day and see the sights, then meet them and have dinner with them.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Frank Anderson found no time to invent a scheme that would put the Swallow into his hands because two days later on a bright Saturday morning, Frank heard a silvery little siren tooting under his window, and looked out to see the Swallow below and Bill in businesslike goggles.
