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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 Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
all
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From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
bad
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From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
banks
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
bear
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From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
boys
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
brave
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From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
bridge
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
CARLO
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From this reading CARLO, OR KINDNESS REWARDED.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
crossing
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
crueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
crying
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From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
day
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
dog
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
drown
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
enough
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From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
Father
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From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
girl
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
girls
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From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
home
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
how
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From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
Ida
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
kind-hearted
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
KINDNESS
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From this reading CARLO, OR KINDNESS REWARDED.
like
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From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
loudly
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From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
more
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From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
near
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
Oh
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From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
ORconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading CARLO, OR KINDNESS REWARDED.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
prevent
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From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
pups
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From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
ran
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From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
REWARDED
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From this reading CARLO, OR KINDNESS REWARDED.
said
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From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
saw
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
see
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From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
sell
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From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
shore
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From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
sold
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From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
stream
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
suffer
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From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
thoughtless
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From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
try
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From this reading Ida, like all good girls, could not bear to see anything suffer, and was brave enough to try and prevent it.
trying
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
two
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From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Ida was a kind-hearted girl, and one day when crossing a bridge near her home, she saw two boys on the banks of the stream, trying to drown a little dog.
wicked
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From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
wonder
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From this reading The boys looked at her in wonder, for they were more thoughtless than cruel; and one of them said, "Father sold the rest of the pups, but could not sell this one, and so he told us to drown it."
wringing
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From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So, she ran to the shore, wringing her hands, and crying loudly, "Oh! you bad, wicked boys! how can you be so cruel to that poor little dog?"
