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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 A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
abroad
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From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
axe
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From this reading Sound of axe, sound of falling tree, sound of breaking branch and dead leaves underfoot and of March wind.
branch
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From this reading Sound of axe, sound of falling tree, sound of breaking branch and dead leaves underfoot and of March wind.
breaking
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From this reading Sound of axe, sound of falling tree, sound of breaking branch and dead leaves underfoot and of March wind.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Sometimes the steward of the place, sometimes a fellow servant dropped in upon them, but by no means every day.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Sometimes the steward of the place, sometimes a fellow servant dropped in upon them, but by no means every day.
company
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From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
cot
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From this reading A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
day
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From this reading Sometimes the steward of the place, sometimes a fellow servant dropped in upon them, but by no means every day.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sound of axe, sound of falling tree, sound of breaking branch and dead leaves underfoot and of March wind.
dropped
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From this reading Sometimes the steward of the place, sometimes a fellow servant dropped in upon them, but by no means every day.
employing
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From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Sometimes the steward of the place, sometimes a fellow servant dropped in upon them, but by no means every day.
faggots
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From this reading A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
falling
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From this reading Sound of axe, sound of falling tree, sound of breaking branch and dead leaves underfoot and of March wind.
fellow
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From this reading Sometimes the steward of the place, sometimes a fellow servant dropped in upon them, but by no means every day.
gathered
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From this reading A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had the still wood, the small cot.
hawked
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From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
house
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From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
hunted
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From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
kept
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From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
leaves
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From this reading Sound of axe, sound of falling tree, sound of breaking branch and dead leaves underfoot and of March wind.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
man
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From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
manor
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From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
March
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From this reading Sound of axe, sound of falling tree, sound of breaking branch and dead leaves underfoot and of March wind.
means
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From this reading Sometimes the steward of the place, sometimes a fellow servant dropped in upon them, but by no means every day.
miserly
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From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Sometimes the steward of the place, sometimes a fellow servant dropped in upon them, but by no means every day.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
old
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From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
owner
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From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
place
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From this reading Sometimes the steward of the place, sometimes a fellow servant dropped in upon them, but by no means every day.
servant
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From this reading Sometimes the steward of the place, sometimes a fellow servant dropped in upon them, but by no means every day.
side
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From this reading A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
sister
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From this reading A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
small
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From this reading They had the still wood, the small cot.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes the steward of the place, sometimes a fellow servant dropped in upon them, but by no means every day.
Sound
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From this reading Sound of axe, sound of falling tree, sound of breaking branch and dead leaves underfoot and of March wind.
steward
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From this reading Sometimes the steward of the place, sometimes a fellow servant dropped in upon them, but by no means every day.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had the still wood, the small cot.
stirred
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From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The owner of the wood employing them, a miserly old man in a manor house, kept little company, stirred little abroad, neither hunted nor hawked.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had the still wood, the small cot.
tree
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From this reading Sound of axe, sound of falling tree, sound of breaking branch and dead leaves underfoot and of March wind.
underfoot
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From this reading Sound of axe, sound of falling tree, sound of breaking branch and dead leaves underfoot and of March wind.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Sometimes the steward of the place, sometimes a fellow servant dropped in upon them, but by no means every day.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sound of axe, sound of falling tree, sound of breaking branch and dead leaves underfoot and of March wind.
wood
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From this reading A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
woodchopper
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From this reading A cot at the side of a wood, and a woodchopper and his sister who gathered faggots.
