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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'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
all
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From this reading Now, when I want a thing, it seems to me that I want it all through."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
anywhere
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From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
bad
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From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
best
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From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "I'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
celebration
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From this reading "I'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
Christine
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From this reading "I'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
don't
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From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
eighty-acre
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From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
enough
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From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
farm
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From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
father
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From this reading "I'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
gas-wells
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From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
get
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From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
got
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From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now, when I want a thing, it seems to me that I want it all through."
I'm
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From this reading "I'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
just
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From this reading "Well, that's just like father, too," said Mela.
kept
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From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
like
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From this reading "I'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
many
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From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now, when I want a thing, it seems to me that I want it all through."
Mela
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From this reading "Well, that's just like father, too," said Mela.
Moffitt
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From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
Now
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From this reading Now, when I want a thing, it seems to me that I want it all through."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
peculiarity
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From this reading "I'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
people
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From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
piece
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From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
reason
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From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
said
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From this reading "I'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
says
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From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
seems
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From this reading Now, when I want a thing, it seems to me that I want it all through."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
softened
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From this reading "I'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
sold
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From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
some
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From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
that's
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From this reading "Well, that's just like father, too," said Mela.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I'm like father," said Christine, softened a little by the celebration of her peculiarity.
there
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From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now, when I want a thing, it seems to me that I want it all through."
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Now, when I want a thing, it seems to me that I want it all through."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now, when I want a thing, it seems to me that I want it all through."
too
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From this reading "Well, that's just like father, too," said Mela.
want
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From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
way
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From this reading "That's the way he done when he got that eighty-acre piece next to Moffitt that he kept when he sold the farm, and that's got some of the best gas-wells on it now that there is anywhere."
Well
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From this reading "Well, that's just like father, too," said Mela.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "He says the reason so many people don't get what they want is that they don't want it bad enough.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Now, when I want a thing, it seems to me that I want it all through."
