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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 Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
absorption
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From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
away
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From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
big
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From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
book
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From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
bring
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From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
cat-nap
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From this reading Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
Cheerio
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From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
chess
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From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
coat
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From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
comfortable
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From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
couch
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From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
D
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From this reading Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
dinner
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From this reading Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
dip
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From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
down
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From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
dozes
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From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
expectantly
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From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
fill
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From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
find
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From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
fireplace
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From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
forth
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From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
heaped
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From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
Hilda
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From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
interruptednounUS /ˈinterrupted/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
interval
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From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
light
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From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
living-room
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From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
logs
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From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
night
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From this reading Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
old
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From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
out
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From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
P
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From this reading Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
pipe
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From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
pleasantly-crackling
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From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
pocket
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From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
pouch
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From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
practically
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From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
seeming
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From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
stare
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From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
termed
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From this reading Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
then
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From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
There
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From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
tobacconounUS /ˈtobacco/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
turn
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From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
up
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From this reading Then he would bring forth his tobacco pouch, fill and light his pipe and dip down in the pocket of his old coat and bring up a book.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Not even chess interrupted these short dozes on the comfortable couch by the pleasantly-crackling logs heaped upon the big fireplace.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There would be an interval, then, when Cheerio and Hilda would find themselves practically alone in the living-room.
window
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From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sometimes Cheerio would look across expectantly at Hilda, and she would turn away and stare with seeming absorption out of the window.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Every night, after his dinner, P. D. would take what he termed a “cat-nap.”
