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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 Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
all
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From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
ALPHABET
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From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
away
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
bears
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From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
beavers
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From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
Beloved
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From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
Best
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From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
big
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
bigger
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From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
bison
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From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
Bramley
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From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
Broadstone
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From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
brook
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From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
built
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From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
call
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From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
called
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From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
carp-fishing
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From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
Cave
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
climb
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From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
cut
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From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
Daddy
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From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
Daddy's
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From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
down
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From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
dry
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
drying-poles
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
early
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
figure
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From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
fished
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
hang
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
hides
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
home
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From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
HOW
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From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
made
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From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
Metallumai
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From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
mistake
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From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
more
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From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
Mummy
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
Neolithic
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
noble
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From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
picture-letter
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From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
roam
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From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
Shamley
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From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
Shere
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From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
six
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From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
slipped
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
spear
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From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
stands
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From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
stay
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
Stranger-man
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From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
swamp
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From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
Taffimai
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From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
Taffy
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From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
Tegumai
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From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
Then
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From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
times
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From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
Tribe
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From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
up
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
used
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From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
Wagai
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From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
wanted
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From this reading Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave, but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early, and they fished.
Wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
week
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From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
Wey
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From this reading The Wey, that Taffy called Wagai, Was more than six times bigger then; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then!
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But long and long before that time (When bison used to roam on it) Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down, and had their home on it.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands: And bears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands.
