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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 To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
all
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
always
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From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
any
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
appetitenounUS /ˈæpətaɪt/
a desire for food
From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
better
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
boy's
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
certain
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
chickens
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
considerable
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From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
cook
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
cot
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From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
delicious
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
doing
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
enjoyed
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From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
experience
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From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
father
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From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
find
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From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
harnessing
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From this reading He enjoyed helping with the horse, harnessing and unharnessing it.
Harvey
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
helping
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From this reading He enjoyed helping with the horse, harnessing and unharnessing it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
horse
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From this reading He enjoyed helping with the horse, harnessing and unharnessing it.
hot
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From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
how
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
incomprehensibleadjectiveUS /ˌɪnkɑmprɪˈhensəbəl/
impossible or very difficult to understand
From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
iron
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From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
junknounUS /junk/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
killed
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
kind
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From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
knew
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
lean-to
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From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
Lem
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From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
liked
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From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
made
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From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
much
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From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
objection
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
old
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From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
only
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From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
painful
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From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
piles
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From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
prepare
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
residing
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From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
Rosa
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
Saint
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
set
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From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
Shuder
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From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
Shuders
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From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
sleep
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From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
strange
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
summer
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From this reading Lem had to sleep in the lean-to, on an old iron cot set among the piles of junk, but it was summer and hot and he enjoyed that.
surprise
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From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
things
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
unharnessing
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From this reading He enjoyed helping with the horse, harnessing and unharnessing it.
very
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From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
way
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
ways
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From this reading Rosa, for all her strange ways of doing things and her incomprehensible objection to chickens killed in any but a certain way, was a better cook than Saint Harvey, and knew how to prepare things that a boy's appetite found delicious.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To his very considerable surprise, Lem did not find residing with the Shuders a painful experience.
work
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From this reading Shuder made him work, but it was work that Lem liked; the kind he had always done for his father, and he had only about half as much of it to do as his father had made him do.
