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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 “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
again
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
bosom
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
Carfax
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From this reading Carfax was sitting on the cot with his hands locked over one knee.
chase
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From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
cluttered
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
coil
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
come
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
corner
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From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
cot
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From this reading Carfax was sitting on the cot with his hands locked over one knee.
don't
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From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
down
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
fists
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
floor
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
friends
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
got
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
guess
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From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
hands
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From this reading Carfax was sitting on the cot with his hands locked over one knee.
hardly
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
here
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Carfax was sitting on the cot with his hands locked over one knee.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is mischief in it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
job
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From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
knee
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From this reading Carfax was sitting on the cot with his hands locked over one knee.
lines
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
locked
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From this reading Carfax was sitting on the cot with his hands locked over one knee.
mischief
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From this reading There is mischief in it.
moonlight
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
night
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Carfax was sitting on the cot with his hands locked over one knee.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Carfax was sitting on the cot with his hands locked over one knee.
One's
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Carfax was sitting on the cot with his hands locked over one knee.
pointedly
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From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
rather
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From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
room
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
rope
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
run
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
sat
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
shake
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
shanty
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
shy
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From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
sitting
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From this reading Carfax was sitting on the cot with his hands locked over one knee.
surveyors
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Carfax was sitting on the cot with his hands locked over one knee.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
There
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From this reading There is mischief in it.
things
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From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
think
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From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
tool
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
tramp
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
Tregarvon
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
up
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From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Tregarvon got up to tramp the floor, but there was no room in the cluttered tool shanty and he sat down again upon a coil of rope.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Carfax was sitting on the cot with his hands locked over one knee.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Carfax was sitting on the cot with his hands locked over one knee.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading One’s bosom friends would hardly come here at night to shake their fists at things, or to run surveyors’ lines by moonlight.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “It is rather pointedly our job to chase the shy guess into a corner, don’t you think?
