AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
AnswerverbUS /ˈænsər/
react verbally
From this reading "Answer, sir?"
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
besnounUS /biːz/
plural of “be” — a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
BillynounUS /ˈbɪli/
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
boynounUS /bɔɪ/
a youthful male person
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
bubbledverbUS /ˈbʌbəld/
past form of “bubble” — form, produce, or emit bubbles
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
centsnounUS /sents/
plural of “cent” — a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
chargin
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From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
cheeknounUS /tʃiːk/
either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
chuckledverbUS /ˈtʃʌkəld/
past form of “chuckle” — laugh quietly or with restraint
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
ConounUS /koʊ/
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
conductornounUS /kənˈdʌktər/
the person who leads a musical group
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
Couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Go'n have good nap now" "Could he--couldn't he?"
couldn't
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From this reading "Go'n have good nap now" "Could he--couldn't he?"
desknounUS /desk/
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
dirtieradjectiveUS /ˈdɜːrtiər/
comparative of “dirty” — soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
dirtyadjectiveUS /ˈdɜːrti/
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
DistrictnounUS /ˈdɪstrɪkt/
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
edgenounUS /edʒ/
the boundary of a surface
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
evnounUS /ev/
a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
evenadjectiveUS /ˈiːvɪn/
divisible by two
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
facenounUS /feɪs/
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
fren
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From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
friendnounUS /frend/
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
getverbUS /ɡet/
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
Go'n
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From this reading "Go'n have good nap now" "Could he--couldn't he?"
goodadjectiveUS /ɡʊd/
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Go'n have good nap now" "Could he--couldn't he?"
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
McClure
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From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
muchadverbUS /mʌtʃ/
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "Thank you--thank you very much--very, very much--old rhinoceros" "So tired," he remarked.
napnounUS /næp/
a period of time spent sleeping
From this reading "Go'n have good nap now" "Could he--couldn't he?"
NewadjectiveUS /nuː/
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
nowadverbUS /naʊ/
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Go'n have good nap now" "Could he--couldn't he?"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
oldadjectiveUS /oʊld/
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
Phillips
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From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
reasonnounUS /ˈriːzən/
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
Recky
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From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
remarkedverbUS /rɪˈmɑːrkt/
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading "Thank you--thank you very much--very, very much--old rhinoceros" "So tired," he remarked.
RexnounUS /reks/
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
rhinocerosnounUS /raɪˈnɑːsərəs/
massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
From this reading "Thank you--thank you very much--very, very much--old rhinoceros" "So tired," he remarked.
rubbingnounUS /ˈrʌbɪŋ/
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
SAMARITANnounUS /səˈmerɪtən/
a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
sirnounUS /sɜːr/
term of address for a man
From this reading "Answer, sir?"
sleevenounUS /sliːv/
the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Thank you--thank you very much--very, very much--old rhinoceros" "So tired," he remarked.
soonadverbUS /suːn/
in the near future
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
stationnounUS /ˈsteɪʃən/
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
TelegraphnounUS /ˈteləɡræf/
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
ThankverbUS /θæŋk/
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading "Thank you--thank you very much--very, very much--old rhinoceros" "So tired," he remarked.
That'll
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From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
tiredadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪərd/
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading "Thank you--thank you very much--very, very much--old rhinoceros" "So tired," he remarked.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
twonounUS /tuː/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
UnionnounUS /ˈjuːnjən/
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
unnecessarilyadverbUS /ənˈnesəserəli/
in an unnecessary manner
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/
precisely as stated
From this reading "Thank you--thank you very much--very, very much--old rhinoceros" "So tired," he remarked.
Webster'snounUS /ˈwebstərz/
possessive form of “webster” — English playwright (1580-1625)
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
Who's
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From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At every station the conductor and Rex had to reason with him A GOOD SAMARITAN The little District Telegraph boy, with a dirty face, stood at the edge of the desk, and, rubbing his sleeve across his cheek, made it unnecessarily dirtier.
YorknounUS /jɔːrk/
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Thank you--thank you very much--very, very much--old rhinoceros" "So tired," he remarked.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading New York McClure, Phillips & Co. "That'll get even Webster's Union for chargin' me two cents for 'soon,'" he chuckled "Recky," he bubbled, "good old Recky--bes' fren' ev' had" "Who's your friend, Billy?"
