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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 ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
barley-corn
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From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
beautiful
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
bud
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
closed
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
cocks
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From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
cost
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From this reading ‘Oh, thank you!’ said the woman, and gave the Witch a shilling, for that was what it cost.
farmer
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From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
feeds
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From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
field
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From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
flower
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
flower-pot
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From this reading Put it in a flower-pot, and then you will see something happen.’
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
gave
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From this reading ‘Oh, thank you!’ said the woman, and gave the Witch a shilling, for that was what it cost.
got
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From this reading ‘Oh, we have just got one ready!’ said the Witch.
grew
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
happen
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From this reading Put it in a flower-pot, and then you will see something happen.’
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘Oh, we have just got one ready!’ said the Witch.
hens
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From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
home
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
immediately
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Put it in a flower-pot, and then you will see something happen.’
it's
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From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
just
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From this reading ‘Oh, we have just got one ready!’ said the Witch.
kind
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From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
large
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
like
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
Oh
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From this reading ‘Oh, we have just got one ready!’ said the Witch.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ‘Oh, we have just got one ready!’ said the Witch.
only
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
out
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
petals
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
planted
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
Put
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From this reading Put it in a flower-pot, and then you will see something happen.’
ready
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From this reading ‘Oh, we have just got one ready!’ said the Witch.
said
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From this reading ‘Oh, we have just got one ready!’ said the Witch.
see
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From this reading Put it in a flower-pot, and then you will see something happen.’
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
shilling
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From this reading ‘Oh, thank you!’ said the woman, and gave the Witch a shilling, for that was what it cost.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Put it in a flower-pot, and then you will see something happen.’
sows
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From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
thank
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From this reading ‘Oh, thank you!’ said the woman, and gave the Witch a shilling, for that was what it cost.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘Oh, thank you!’ said the woman, and gave the Witch a shilling, for that was what it cost.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘Oh, we have just got one ready!’ said the Witch.
then
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From this reading Put it in a flower-pot, and then you will see something happen.’
there
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
tightly
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
tulip
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From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Oh, thank you!’ said the woman, and gave the Witch a shilling, for that was what it cost.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ‘Oh, we have just got one ready!’ said the Witch.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘Oh, thank you!’ said the woman, and gave the Witch a shilling, for that was what it cost.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Then she went home and planted the barley-corn; immediately there grew out of it a large and beautiful flower, which looked like a tulip, but the petals were tightly closed as if it were still only a bud.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Put it in a flower-pot, and then you will see something happen.’
Witch
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From this reading ‘Oh, we have just got one ready!’ said the Witch.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
woman
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From this reading ‘Oh, thank you!’ said the woman, and gave the Witch a shilling, for that was what it cost.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Here is a barley-corn for you, but it’s not the kind the farmer sows in his field, or feeds the cocks and hens with, I can tell you.
