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a
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
again
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
and
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
appeared
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
around
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before
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From this reading I didn’t want to go to school much before, but I reckoned I’d go now to spite pap.
borrow
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
businessnounUS /ˈbɪd.nəs/
A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
but
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
Cain
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From this reading Every time he got money he got drunk; and every time he got drunk he raised Cain around town; and every time he raised Cain he got jailed.
catched
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
couple
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
courts
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
cowhiding
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
didn't
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From this reading I didn’t want to go to school much before, but I reckoned I’d go now to spite pap.
dodged
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
dollars
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
drunk
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From this reading Every time he got money he got drunk; and every time he got drunk he raised Cain around town; and every time he raised Cain he got jailed.
ever
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
every
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
for
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
from
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
get
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
gettingverbUS /[ˈɡɛɾɪŋ]/
(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
give
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
go
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From this reading I didn’t want to go to school much before, but I reckoned I’d go now to spite pap.
going
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
got
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From this reading Every time he got money he got drunk; and every time he got drunk he raised Cain around town; and every time he raised Cain he got jailed.
he
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
him
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
I
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
I'd
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From this reading I didn’t want to go to school much before, but I reckoned I’d go now to spite pap.
in
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
it
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
jailed
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From this reading Every time he got money he got drunk; and every time he got drunk he raised Cain around town; and every time he raised Cain he got jailed.
Judge
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
just
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
keep
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
law
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
like
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
make
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
man
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
me
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
money
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
most
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
much
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From this reading I didn’t want to go to school much before, but I reckoned I’d go now to spite pap.
not
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
now
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From this reading I didn’t want to go to school much before, but I reckoned I’d go now to spite pap.
of
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
off
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
old
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
on
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
or
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
outrun
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
pap
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From this reading I didn’t want to go to school much before, but I reckoned I’d go now to spite pap.
pretty
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
raised
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From this reading Every time he got money he got drunk; and every time he got drunk he raised Cain around town; and every time he raised Cain he got jailed.
reckoned
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From this reading I didn’t want to go to school much before, but I reckoned I’d go now to spite pap.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
school
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
slow
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
so
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
soon
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
spite
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From this reading I didn’t want to go to school much before, but I reckoned I’d go now to spite pap.
startedverbUS /ˈstɑːtɪd/
To begin, commence, initiate.
From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
stopping
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
that
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
Thatcher
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
the
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
then
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
they
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
thrashed
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
three
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
time
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
times
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From this reading He catched me a couple of times and thrashed me, but I went to school just the same, and dodged him or outrun him most of the time.
to
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
too
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
town
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From this reading Every time he got money he got drunk; and every time he got drunk he raised Cain around town; and every time he raised Cain he got jailed.
trial
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
two
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
up
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
want
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From this reading I didn’t want to go to school much before, but I reckoned I’d go now to spite pap.
warn't
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From this reading That law trial was a slow business—appeared like they warn’t ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I’d borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
was
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
Well
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
went
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From this reading Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school.
