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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 The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
appeared
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From this reading Hawker at that moment appeared, coming toward them with a smile which was not overconfident.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Hawker at that moment appeared, coming toward them with a smile which was not overconfident.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Hollanden cried, "Why, Billie Hawker must be coming!"
Billie
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From this reading Hollanden cried, "Why, Billie Hawker must be coming!"
brown
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From this reading Little Roger went off to perform some festivities of his own on the brown carpet under a clump of pines.
carpet
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From this reading Little Roger went off to perform some festivities of his own on the brown carpet under a clump of pines.
clump
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From this reading Little Roger went off to perform some festivities of his own on the brown carpet under a clump of pines.
coming
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From this reading Hollanden cried, "Why, Billie Hawker must be coming!"
corner
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
court
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hollanden cried, "Why, Billie Hawker must be coming!"
day
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
effusively
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
faced
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From this reading Miss Fanhall, the Worcester girls, Hollanden, and Oglethorpe faced to the front like soldiers.
Fanhall
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From this reading Miss Fanhall, the Worcester girls, Hollanden, and Oglethorpe faced to the front like soldiers.
festivities
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From this reading Little Roger went off to perform some festivities of his own on the brown carpet under a clump of pines.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
front
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From this reading Miss Fanhall, the Worcester girls, Hollanden, and Oglethorpe faced to the front like soldiers.
girls
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From this reading Miss Fanhall, the Worcester girls, Hollanden, and Oglethorpe faced to the front like soldiers.
going
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
greeted
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
Hawker
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From this reading Hollanden cried, "Why, Billie Hawker must be coming!"
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Little Roger went off to perform some festivities of his own on the brown carpet under a clump of pines.
Hollanden
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From this reading Miss Fanhall, the Worcester girls, Hollanden, and Oglethorpe faced to the front like soldiers.
inn
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
large
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
like
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From this reading Miss Fanhall, the Worcester girls, Hollanden, and Oglethorpe faced to the front like soldiers.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Fanhall, the Worcester girls, Hollanden, and Oglethorpe faced to the front like soldiers.
moment
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From this reading Hawker at that moment appeared, coming toward them with a smile which was not overconfident.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Hollanden cried, "Why, Billie Hawker must be coming!"
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Hawker at that moment appeared, coming toward them with a smile which was not overconfident.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
off
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From this reading Little Roger went off to perform some festivities of his own on the brown carpet under a clump of pines.
Oglethorpe
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From this reading Miss Fanhall, the Worcester girls, Hollanden, and Oglethorpe faced to the front like soldiers.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Little Roger went off to perform some festivities of his own on the brown carpet under a clump of pines.
orange
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
overconfident
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From this reading Hawker at that moment appeared, coming toward them with a smile which was not overconfident.
own
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From this reading Little Roger went off to perform some festivities of his own on the brown carpet under a clump of pines.
perform
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From this reading Little Roger went off to perform some festivities of his own on the brown carpet under a clump of pines.
pines
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From this reading Little Roger went off to perform some festivities of his own on the brown carpet under a clump of pines.
ran
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
Roger
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
setter
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
smile
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From this reading Hawker at that moment appeared, coming toward them with a smile which was not overconfident.
soldiers
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From this reading Miss Fanhall, the Worcester girls, Hollanden, and Oglethorpe faced to the front like soldiers.
some
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From this reading Little Roger went off to perform some festivities of his own on the brown carpet under a clump of pines.
tennis
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Hawker at that moment appeared, coming toward them with a smile which was not overconfident.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Hawker at that moment appeared, coming toward them with a smile which was not overconfident.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Miss Fanhall, the Worcester girls, Hollanden, and Oglethorpe faced to the front like soldiers.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Little Roger went off to perform some festivities of his own on the brown carpet under a clump of pines.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little Roger went off to perform some festivities of his own on the brown carpet under a clump of pines.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Hawker at that moment appeared, coming toward them with a smile which was not overconfident.
white
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From this reading The next day, as little Roger was going toward the tennis court, a large orange and white setter ran effusively from around the corner of the inn and greeted him.
Why
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From this reading Hollanden cried, "Why, Billie Hawker must be coming!"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Hawker at that moment appeared, coming toward them with a smile which was not overconfident.
Worcester
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From this reading Miss Fanhall, the Worcester girls, Hollanden, and Oglethorpe faced to the front like soldiers.
