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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 We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
a-fooling
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
a-streaming
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading We cooled down our speed and tagged along after it, just to have company, though it warn’t going our way.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was another caravan.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
big
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
black
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
bully
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
camels
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
caravan
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From this reading It was another caravan.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
company
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From this reading We cooled down our speed and tagged along after it, just to have company, though it warn’t going our way.
cooled
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From this reading We cooled down our speed and tagged along after it, just to have company, though it warn’t going our way.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading You could see them as plain as if they was painted on the moon with ink.
day
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
desert
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
down
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From this reading We cooled down our speed and tagged along after it, just to have company, though it warn’t going our way.
face
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
figgers
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
flung
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
full
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
going
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From this reading We cooled down our speed and tagged along after it, just to have company, though it warn’t going our way.
gold
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
grand-daddy-long-legses
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
ground
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We cooled down our speed and tagged along after it, just to have company, though it warn’t going our way.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading You could see them as plain as if they was painted on the moon with ink.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
ink
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From this reading You could see them as plain as if they was painted on the moon with ink.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was another caravan.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
just
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
like
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
marching
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
moon
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
most
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
moving
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
other
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We cooled down our speed and tagged along after it, just to have company, though it warn’t going our way.
painted
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From this reading You could see them as plain as if they was painted on the moon with ink.
plain
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From this reading You could see them as plain as if they was painted on the moon with ink.
procession
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
rattler
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
sand
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
see
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
shadders
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
side
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
sight
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
silver
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
speed
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From this reading We cooled down our speed and tagged along after it, just to have company, though it warn’t going our way.
string
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
sun
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
tagged
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From this reading We cooled down our speed and tagged along after it, just to have company, though it warn’t going our way.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading You could see them as plain as if they was painted on the moon with ink.
then
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You could see them as plain as if they was painted on the moon with ink.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading We cooled down our speed and tagged along after it, just to have company, though it warn’t going our way.
thousand
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From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We cooled down our speed and tagged along after it, just to have company, though it warn’t going our way.
touching
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
two
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From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
warn't
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From this reading We cooled down our speed and tagged along after it, just to have company, though it warn’t going our way.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
way
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From this reading We cooled down our speed and tagged along after it, just to have company, though it warn’t going our way.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We went a-fooling along for a day or two, and then just as the full moon was touching the ground on the other side of the desert, we see a string of little black figgers moving across its big silver face.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was a rattler, that caravan, and a most bully sight to look at next morning when the sun come a-streaming across the desert and flung the long shadders of the camels on the gold sand like a thousand grand-daddy-long-legses marching in procession.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading You could see them as plain as if they was painted on the moon with ink.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You could see them as plain as if they was painted on the moon with ink.
