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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 "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
according
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From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
Anderson
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
any
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
apparently
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From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading ANDERSON CROW MEETS HIS WATERLOO AND HIS MARNE For sixteen consecutive years Anderson Crow had been the Marshal of Tinkletown.
BEST
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From this reading THE BEST MAN WINS!
boy
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
called
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
closed
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
consecutiveadjectiveUS /kənˈsɛk.jə.tɪv/
Following continuously in unbroken sequence.
From this reading ANDERSON CROW MEETS HIS WATERLOO AND HIS MARNE For sixteen consecutive years Anderson Crow had been the Marshal of Tinkletown.
Crow
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
crowd
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
didn't
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
drily
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
eye
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ANDERSON CROW MEETS HIS WATERLOO AND HIS MARNE For sixteen consecutive years Anderson Crow had been the Marshal of Tinkletown.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
git
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
Harry
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
hiatus
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From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ANDERSON CROW MEETS HIS WATERLOO AND HIS MARNE For sixteen consecutive years Anderson Crow had been the Marshal of Tinkletown.
home
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
infallible
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From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
MAN
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From this reading THE BEST MAN WINS!
MARNE
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From this reading ANDERSON CROW MEETS HIS WATERLOO AND HIS MARNE For sixteen consecutive years Anderson Crow had been the Marshal of Tinkletown.
Marshal
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From this reading ANDERSON CROW MEETS HIS WATERLOO AND HIS MARNE For sixteen consecutive years Anderson Crow had been the Marshal of Tinkletown.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
MEETS
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From this reading ANDERSON CROW MEETS HIS WATERLOO AND HIS MARNE For sixteen consecutive years Anderson Crow had been the Marshal of Tinkletown.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
minute
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
Mrs
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
out
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
outskirts
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
period
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From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
persons
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From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
ran
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From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
said
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
second
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
sent
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
separated
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From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
service
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From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
shock
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
sixteen
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From this reading ANDERSON CROW MEETS HIS WATERLOO AND HIS MARNE For sixteen consecutive years Anderson Crow had been the Marshal of Tinkletown.
slowly
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
Squires
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
stretch
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From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
supper
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
That's
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
Tinkletown
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From this reading ANDERSON CROW MEETS HIS WATERLOO AND HIS MARNE For sixteen consecutive years Anderson Crow had been the Marshal of Tinkletown.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
today
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
twenty-two
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From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
two
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From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
unbroken
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From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
WATERLOO
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From this reading ANDERSON CROW MEETS HIS WATERLOO AND HIS MARNE For sixteen consecutive years Anderson Crow had been the Marshal of Tinkletown.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A hiatus of two years separated this period of service from another which, according to persons of apparently infallible memory, ran through an unbroken stretch of twenty-two years.
WINS
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From this reading THE BEST MAN WINS!
wireless
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
wouldn't
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From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
years
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From this reading ANDERSON CROW MEETS HIS WATERLOO AND HIS MARNE For sixteen consecutive years Anderson Crow had been the Marshal of Tinkletown.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Mrs. Crow sent me to tell you if you didn't come home to supper this minute, you wouldn't git any," called out a boy from the outskirts of the crowd.
you've
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From this reading "That's the second wireless shock you've had today, Anderson," said Harry Squires, drily, and slowly closed one eye.
