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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 world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
all
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From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
barred
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From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading They stood before the cage of the lion cubs on the morning of the first snowfall of the year.
blanket
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From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
cage
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From this reading They stood before the cage of the lion cubs on the morning of the first snowfall of the year.
chatter
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From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
claws
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From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
coming
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From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
corner
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From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
country
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From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
cubs
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From this reading They stood before the cage of the lion cubs on the morning of the first snowfall of the year.
curling
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From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
earth
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From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
end
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From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
exclaimed
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From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
farthest
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From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They stood before the cage of the lion cubs on the morning of the first snowfall of the year.
frozen
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From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
full
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From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
Ho
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From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
land
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From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
largest
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From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
lay
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From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
lion
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From this reading They stood before the cage of the lion cubs on the morning of the first snowfall of the year.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
Menial
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From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They stood before the cage of the lion cubs on the morning of the first snowfall of the year.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
old
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From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They stood before the cage of the lion cubs on the morning of the first snowfall of the year.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
out
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From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
People
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From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
PrincessnounUS /ˈprɪn.ses/
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
puma
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From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
said
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From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
shivering
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From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
snow
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From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
snowfall
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From this reading They stood before the cage of the lion cubs on the morning of the first snowfall of the year.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They stood before the cage of the lion cubs on the morning of the first snowfall of the year.
SultannounUS /ˈsʌl.tən/
A noble monarch or supreme sovereign ruler of an Islamic country or empire.
From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
teeth
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From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
there
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From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They stood before the cage of the lion cubs on the morning of the first snowfall of the year.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
tigers
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From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
Toots
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From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
up
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From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
visited
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From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
white
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From this reading The country of the Menial People lay white and frozen under its blanket of snow when Toots and the Princess next visited it.
why
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From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
window
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From this reading "By my claws and teeth, all the earth is white!" exclaimed the largest of the cubs, as he looked through his barred window.
wisdom
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From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
world
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From this reading "The world must be coming to an end," said a shivering puma, curling up in the farthest corner of his cage.
year
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From this reading They stood before the cage of the lion cubs on the morning of the first snowfall of the year.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
young
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From this reading "Ho, there, Sultan!" cried out one of the young tigers; "you are old and full of wisdom, tell us why all the land is white, and why our teeth chatter so."
