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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 "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don't like going alone: may I go with you?"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Mother isn't well, and Becca is going to stay at home with her.
ask
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From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Mother isn't well, and Becca is going to stay at home with her.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
Becca
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From this reading "Mother isn't well, and Becca is going to stay at home with her.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
church
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From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
coat
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From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
contentedly
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From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
cooped
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From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
country
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From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
day
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From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
don't
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From this reading I don't like going alone: may I go with you?"
donned
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From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
four
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From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
go
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From this reading I don't like going alone: may I go with you?"
going
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From this reading "Mother isn't well, and Becca is going to stay at home with her.
Greta
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From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
home
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From this reading "Mother isn't well, and Becca is going to stay at home with her.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't like going alone: may I go with you?"
I'll
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From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
INTERRUPTEDnounUS /ˈinterrupted/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Mother isn't well, and Becca is going to stay at home with her.
isn't
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From this reading "Mother isn't well, and Becca is going to stay at home with her.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
lane
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From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
leading
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From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
like
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From this reading I don't like going alone: may I go with you?"
lovely
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From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I don't like going alone: may I go with you?"
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
Mother
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From this reading "Mother isn't well, and Becca is going to stay at home with her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
old
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From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
responded
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From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
Rufus
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From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
side
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From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
stay
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From this reading "Mother isn't well, and Becca is going to stay at home with her.
STORY
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From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
Sunday
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From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
then
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From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
too
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From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
tripped
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From this reading HIS STORY INTERRUPTED ONE Sunday morning Greta tripped across to Rufus to ask him to take her to church.
trotted
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From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
up
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From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
village
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From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
waited
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From this reading She waited till he had donned his Sunday coat, and then trotted contentedly by his side up the country lane leading to the old village church.
walls
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From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
wasn't
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From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
well
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From this reading "Mother isn't well, and Becca is going to stay at home with her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Mother isn't well, and Becca is going to stay at home with her.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading "I wasn't thinking of going this morning," Rufus responded; "it is too lovely a day to be cooped up within four walls; but I'll come with you, if you like."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I don't like going alone: may I go with you?"
