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afraid
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From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
all
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From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
arms
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From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading And then he found he could use his hands, and then he strutted around, and said to himself that he had whipped the fight.
badly
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From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
brags
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From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
Brindle
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From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
bruised
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From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
cheerful
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From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
compelled
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From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He found he could walk.
Dog
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From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
down
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From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
feel
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From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
fight
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From this reading And then he found he could use his hands, and then he strutted around, and said to himself that he had whipped the fight.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
ground
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From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading And then he found he could use his hands, and then he strutted around, and said to himself that he had whipped the fight.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
Head
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From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
heels
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From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
legs
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From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
made
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From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
Monkey
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From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
more
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From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
off
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From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
pretty
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From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
road
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From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
rose
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From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
said
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From this reading And then he found he could use his hands, and then he strutted around, and said to himself that he had whipped the fight.
scattered
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From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
sore
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From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
strut
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From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
strutted
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From this reading And then he found he could use his hands, and then he strutted around, and said to himself that he had whipped the fight.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
then
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From this reading And then he found he could use his hands, and then he strutted around, and said to himself that he had whipped the fight.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
too
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From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
torn
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From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
trotted
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From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
two
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From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
up
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From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
use
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From this reading And then he found he could use his hands, and then he strutted around, and said to himself that he had whipped the fight.
walk
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From this reading He found he could walk.
walked
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From this reading He was badly bruised and pretty sore, but he was not too sore to strut, and so he walked up and down the road and made his brags that he had compelled the Brindle Dog to take to his heels.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
Well
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From this reading “Well, after the Brindle Dog had trotted off, the Head Monkey rose from the ground and began to feel of himself.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He was afraid that he had been torn in two and scattered all over the road, but when he found that he had his legs and his arms and his head and his body, he began to be more cheerful.
whippednounUS /ˈwhipped/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And then he found he could use his hands, and then he strutted around, and said to himself that he had whipped the fight.
