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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 It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
also
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From this reading It also suited her to come often, before the meal was concluded, and sit beside Ethel and watch her pretty attempts to feed herself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
attempts
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From this reading It also suited her to come often, before the meal was concluded, and sit beside Ethel and watch her pretty attempts to feed herself.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It also suited her to come often, before the meal was concluded, and sit beside Ethel and watch her pretty attempts to feed herself.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading It also suited her to come often, before the meal was concluded, and sit beside Ethel and watch her pretty attempts to feed herself.
best
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
blackberries
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From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
boarded
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
came
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From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
chair
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
cheeks
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From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It also suited her to come often, before the meal was concluded, and sit beside Ethel and watch her pretty attempts to feed herself.
company
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
concluded
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From this reading It also suited her to come often, before the meal was concluded, and sit beside Ethel and watch her pretty attempts to feed herself.
dainties
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
Dilly
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
drawing
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From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
eating
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From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
Ethel
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
feed
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From this reading It also suited her to come often, before the meal was concluded, and sit beside Ethel and watch her pretty attempts to feed herself.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
HAMMOND
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
high
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
hotel
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
Jeannette
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
meal
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From this reading It also suited her to come often, before the meal was concluded, and sit beside Ethel and watch her pretty attempts to feed herself.
milk
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
mother
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From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
mouth
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From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
MRS
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From this reading MRS.
oatmeal
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
often
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From this reading It also suited her to come often, before the meal was concluded, and sit beside Ethel and watch her pretty attempts to feed herself.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
other
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
plump
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From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
pretty
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From this reading It also suited her to come often, before the meal was concluded, and sit beside Ethel and watch her pretty attempts to feed herself.
PUZZLE
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From this reading SETTLING THE PUZZLE.
reliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
ripe
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From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
SETTLING
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From this reading SETTLING THE PUZZLE.
side
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From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
sigh
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From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
sit
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
suited
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
table
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
tent
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SETTLING THE PUZZLE.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It also suited her to come often, before the meal was concluded, and sit beside Ethel and watch her pretty attempts to feed herself.
watch
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From this reading It also suited her to come often, before the meal was concluded, and sit beside Ethel and watch her pretty attempts to feed herself.
watched
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From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was when Ethel was eating one by one, great ripe blackberries, that her mother came, and drawing a chair to her side, watched the plump cheeks and pretty little mouth with a sigh of relief.
wholesome
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From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading HAMMOND herself boarded at the hotel, but it suited her best to have little Ethel sit in her high chair at the table in the tent, and take her oatmeal and milk and other wholesome dainties, in company with Jeannette and Dilly.
