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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 Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
agin
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From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
ain't
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From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
bacon
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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
bed
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From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
box
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From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
bust
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From this reading "Might bust down and have to sleep out," he meditated.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
Casey
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coal-oil
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coffee
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decided
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doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
down
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From this reading "Might bust down and have to sleep out," he meditated.
drove
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From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
empty
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fast
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From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
fate
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From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
filled
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From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
flour
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Ford
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From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
git
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From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
go
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From this reading I'm--sure--goin' to go!"
goin
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From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
good-by
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got
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hard
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From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Might bust down and have to sleep out," he meditated.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
I'll
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From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
I'm
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From this reading I'm--sure--goin' to go!"
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
inspected
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
later
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From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
liable
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From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
meditated
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From this reading "Might bust down and have to sleep out," he meditated.
men
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From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
Mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "Might bust down and have to sleep out," he meditated.
months
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From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
necessities
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From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
other
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out
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From this reading "Might bust down and have to sleep out," he meditated.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
put
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radiator
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From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
rolled
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salt
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securely
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shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
sleep
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From this reading "Might bust down and have to sleep out," he meditated.
small
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From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
Some
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From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
somewhere
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From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
sour-dough
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From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
sourdough
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squinted
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From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
stops
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From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
sun
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From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I'm--sure--goin' to go!"
tarp
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From this reading He rolled his bed in the tarp and tied it securely, put flour, bacon, coffee, salt and various other small necessities of life into a box, inspected his sour-dough can, and decided to empty it and start over again if hard fate drove him to sourdough.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
Then
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From this reading "Then, agin, I ain't liable to; and if I do, I'll be goin' so fast I'll git somewhere before she stops.
tied
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
Tonopah
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up
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various
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water
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waved
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From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Some months later Casey waved good-by to the men from Tonopah, squinted up at the sun and got a coal-oil can of water, with which he filled the radiator of his Ford.
