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Nuttie's Father
Nuttie's Father

Chapter XXXV

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NUTTIE'S KNIGHT.
'The night came on and the bairnies grat, Their minnie aneath the mools heard that.'
'LYNDHURST, 4th July.--Philip Dutton to Miss Egremont.
Found.
Waterloo, 6.15.'
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Nuttie's Father

Chapter XXXV

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
NUTTIE'S KNIGHT.
Line 2
'The night came on and the bairnies grat, Their minnie aneath the mools heard that.'
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'LYNDHURST, 4th July.--Philip Dutton to Miss Egremont.
Line 4
Found.
/found/
Line 5
Waterloo, 6.15.'

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Found noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Found.”

All words in this reading · 26

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4th

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From this reading 'LYNDHURST, 4th July.--Philip Dutton to Miss Egremont.

6.15

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From this reading Waterloo, 6.15.'

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading 'The night came on and the bairnies grat, Their minnie aneath the mools heard that.'

aneath

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From this reading 'The night came on and the bairnies grat, Their minnie aneath the mools heard that.'

bairnies

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came

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Dutton

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From this reading 'LYNDHURST, 4th July.--Philip Dutton to Miss Egremont.

Egremont

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From this reading 'LYNDHURST, 4th July.--Philip Dutton to Miss Egremont.

FoundnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Found.

grat

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heard

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From this reading 'The night came on and the bairnies grat, Their minnie aneath the mools heard that.'

July

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From this reading 'LYNDHURST, 4th July.--Philip Dutton to Miss Egremont.

KNIGHT

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From this reading NUTTIE'S KNIGHT.

LYNDHURST

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From this reading 'LYNDHURST, 4th July.--Philip Dutton to Miss Egremont.

minnie

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From this reading 'The night came on and the bairnies grat, Their minnie aneath the mools heard that.'

Miss

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From this reading 'LYNDHURST, 4th July.--Philip Dutton to Miss Egremont.

mools

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From this reading 'The night came on and the bairnies grat, Their minnie aneath the mools heard that.'

night

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From this reading 'The night came on and the bairnies grat, Their minnie aneath the mools heard that.'

NUTTIE'S

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From this reading NUTTIE'S KNIGHT.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading 'The night came on and the bairnies grat, Their minnie aneath the mools heard that.'

Philip

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From this reading 'LYNDHURST, 4th July.--Philip Dutton to Miss Egremont.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading 'The night came on and the bairnies grat, Their minnie aneath the mools heard that.'

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading 'The night came on and the bairnies grat, Their minnie aneath the mools heard that.'

TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading 'The night came on and the bairnies grat, Their minnie aneath the mools heard that.'

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading 'LYNDHURST, 4th July.--Philip Dutton to Miss Egremont.

Waterloo

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From this reading Waterloo, 6.15.'