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31
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
act
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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
all
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From this reading These tales are of things which have really happened, and all I have done is to write them down for you.
also
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From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
boy
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From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
built
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From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
care
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From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
Company
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
DEAR
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading These tales are of things which have really happened, and all I have done is to write them down for you.
down
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From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
Dutton
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
E
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
eyes
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
family
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From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading These tales are of things which have really happened, and all I have done is to write them down for you.
FRIENDS
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
happened
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From this reading These tales are of things which have really happened, and all I have done is to write them down for you.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
hearing
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From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
how
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From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
http
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
indeed
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From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
inside
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From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading These tales are of things which have really happened, and all I have done is to write them down for you.
Kitten
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From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
like
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From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
LITTLEnounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
live
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From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
Many
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From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
member
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From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
near
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
neighbors
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
New
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
own
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
P
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
people
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
really
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From this reading These tales are of things which have really happened, and all I have done is to write them down for you.
roof
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From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
See
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
seen
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
shutters
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From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
Silvertip
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From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
sit
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From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
Some
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From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
stories
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Street
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
tales
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From this reading These tales are of things which have really happened, and all I have done is to write them down for you.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
things
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
tires
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From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
Twenty-Third
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
Wasps
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From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
West
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Many of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
write
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
writers
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From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
yard
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
York
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From this reading See http:// New York E. P. Dutton And Company 31 West Twenty-Third Street MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS:--These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers--sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories.
