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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 Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
all
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
beard
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From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
Bud
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From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
came
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From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
Cash
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From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
Cash's
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From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
Child
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From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
chucking
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
clothes
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
corners
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From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
dropped
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From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
grin
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From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
handed
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From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
hastily
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From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
hid
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From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
just
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From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
kept
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
legs
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
line
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From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
load
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From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
Lovin
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From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
lurked
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From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
man's
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
mouth
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From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
much
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From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
nightgown
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “No, no, no!”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
off
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
out
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From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
pair
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
pan
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From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
picking
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From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
puppy
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From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
quirky
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From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
repeating
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
size
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
smile
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From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
smugly
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
socks
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
stripping
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
trying
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Without a word Bud took him, but the quirky smile hid at the corners of his mouth, and under Cash's beard still lurked the grin.
undershirt
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
wet
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From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
wood
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From this reading Cash was just picking him out of the pan when Bud came in with a load of wood.
word
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From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
wore
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From this reading Lovin Child kept repeating smugly, all the while Bud was stripping off his wet clothes and chucking him into the undershirt he wore for a nightgown, and trying a man's size pair of socks on his legs.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Bud hastily dropped the wood, and without a word Cash handed Lovin Child across the dead line, much as he would have handed over a wet puppy.
