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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 wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
bliss
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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
breath
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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
can't
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caught
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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
clogs
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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
cold
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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
feels
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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
fellow's
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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
forty
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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
got
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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
greenhorn
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From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.
Heaven
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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
home
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horns
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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
I'd
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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
I'm
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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.
I've
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ice
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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
ILLUSTRIOUS
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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
it's
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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
Jesse's
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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.
kind
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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
lady's
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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
Letter
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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.
lonesome
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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
loves
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From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.
married
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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.
mistook
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From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.
mosquitoes
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From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.
Mother
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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.
NobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
pipe
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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
roped
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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
SALVATOR
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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.
seems
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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
smoke
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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
throwed
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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
trouble
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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
weren't
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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
wish
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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
zero
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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.