Chapter V
POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond. "Come on, Hal!" "Hold on!" called Daddy Blake. "Wait a minute, Mab! Don't go on the ice yet!"
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Chapter V
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POOR
ROLY-POLY
"Come
on!"
cried
Mab,
as
she
started
to
run
down
the
slope
of
the
hill
toward
the
frozen
pond.
"Come
on,
Hal!"
"Hold
on!"
called
Daddy
Blake.
"Wait
a
minute,
Mab!
Don't
go
on
the
ice
yet!"
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Line 1
POOR
ROLY-POLY
"Come
on!"
cried
Mab,
as
she
started
to
run
down
the
slope
of
the
hill
toward
the
frozen
pond.
Line 2
"Come
on,
Hal!"
Line 3
"Hold
on!"
called
Daddy
Blake.
Line 4
"Wait
a
minute,
Mab!
Line 5
Don't
go
on
the
ice
yet!"
Learner Dictionary
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Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.”
Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.”
POOR
noun
US /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.”
Toward
preposition
US /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading “POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.”
Yet
conjunction
US /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “Don't go on the ice yet!"”
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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 "Wait a minute, Mab!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
Blake
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From this reading "Hold on!" called Daddy Blake.
called
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From this reading "Hold on!" called Daddy Blake.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
Daddy
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From this reading "Hold on!" called Daddy Blake.
Don't
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From this reading Don't go on the ice yet!"
down
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From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
frozen
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From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
go
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From this reading Don't go on the ice yet!"
Hal
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From this reading "Come on, Hal!"
hill
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From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
Hold
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From this reading "Hold on!" called Daddy Blake.
ice
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From this reading Don't go on the ice yet!"
Mab
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From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
minute
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From this reading "Wait a minute, Mab!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
pond
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From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
POORnounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
ROLY-POLY
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From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
run
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From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
slope
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From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
started
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From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
Wait
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From this reading "Wait a minute, Mab!
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Don't go on the ice yet!"