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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 PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
addressing
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From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
Bar
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From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
bed
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From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
Brigham
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From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
bunk-house
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From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
came
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From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
Clark
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From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
Coney
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From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
cotton-pickers
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From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
excitement
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From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
feller
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From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
forms
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From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
friend
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From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
hawse-trough
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From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
height
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From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
hey
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From this reading Oh, that's him over there, hey?
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh, that's him over there, hey?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
house
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From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
Huh
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From this reading Huh?
I'm
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From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
inquirednounUS /ˈinquired/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
Island
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From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
men
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From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
night
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From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
Oh
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From this reading Oh, that's him over there, hey?
old
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From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
out
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From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Oh, that's him over there, hey?
PROMOTED
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From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
recumbent
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From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
rise
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From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
Say
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From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
scouted
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From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
Seven
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From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
skeered
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From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
sleep
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From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
that's
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From this reading Oh, that's him over there, hey?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
There
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From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
throw
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From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
tottering
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From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
up
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From this reading "I'm skeered to sleep in the same house with them cotton-pickers and old Bar Seven--they might rise up in the night and throw me into the hawse-trough.
wagon-shed
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From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
where's
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From this reading "Say, where's that friend of mine--that Coney Island feller?" he inquired, addressing the recumbent forms of men as he scouted along the wagon-shed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading PROMOTED There was quite a little excitement in the bunk-house that night, and when it was at its height Brigham Clark came tottering out with his bed.
