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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 "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
approaching
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From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
ar
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From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
arm
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From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I know," said Penn, not to be put off so, "I owe my life to you!"
brute
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From this reading "Gorry! me sech a brute, me war for leavin' ye dar in de lot.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, Pomp, him wouldn't; so we toted you hyar, and him's doctored you right smart eber sence.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
Cudjo
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From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
dar
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From this reading "Gorry! me sech a brute, me war for leavin' ye dar in de lot.
dat
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From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
Dat's
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From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
de
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From this reading "Gorry! me sech a brute, me war for leavin' ye dar in de lot.
doctored
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From this reading But, Pomp, him wouldn't; so we toted you hyar, and him's doctored you right smart eber sence.
eber
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From this reading But, Pomp, him wouldn't; so we toted you hyar, and him's doctored you right smart eber sence.
fac
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From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
Gorry
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From this reading "Gorry! me sech a brute, me war for leavin' ye dar in de lot.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But, Pomp, him wouldn't; so we toted you hyar, and him's doctored you right smart eber sence.
him's
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From this reading But, Pomp, him wouldn't; so we toted you hyar, and him's doctored you right smart eber sence.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
hyar
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From this reading But, Pomp, him wouldn't; so we toted you hyar, and him's doctored you right smart eber sence.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I know," said Penn, not to be put off so, "I owe my life to you!"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Gorry! me sech a brute, me war for leavin' ye dar in de lot.
just
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From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
keep
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From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I know," said Penn, not to be put off so, "I owe my life to you!"
leavin
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From this reading "Gorry! me sech a brute, me war for leavin' ye dar in de lot.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I know," said Penn, not to be put off so, "I owe my life to you!"
lot
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From this reading "Gorry! me sech a brute, me war for leavin' ye dar in de lot.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Gorry! me sech a brute, me war for leavin' ye dar in de lot.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I know," said Penn, not to be put off so, "I owe my life to you!"
naked
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From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
now
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From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
off
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From this reading "I know," said Penn, not to be put off so, "I owe my life to you!"
opossum
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From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
owe
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From this reading "I know," said Penn, not to be put off so, "I owe my life to you!"
Penn
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From this reading "I know," said Penn, not to be put off so, "I owe my life to you!"
Pomp
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From this reading But, Pomp, him wouldn't; so we toted you hyar, and him's doctored you right smart eber sence.
put
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From this reading "I know," said Penn, not to be put off so, "I owe my life to you!"
quiet
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From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But, Pomp, him wouldn't; so we toted you hyar, and him's doctored you right smart eber sence.
said
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From this reading "I know," said Penn, not to be put off so, "I owe my life to you!"
sech
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From this reading "Gorry! me sech a brute, me war for leavin' ye dar in de lot.
sence
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From this reading But, Pomp, him wouldn't; so we toted you hyar, and him's doctored you right smart eber sence.
sir
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From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
skin
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From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
smart
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From this reading But, Pomp, him wouldn't; so we toted you hyar, and him's doctored you right smart eber sence.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I know," said Penn, not to be put off so, "I owe my life to you!"
spoke
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From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
subject
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From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
talk
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From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
That's
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From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I know," said Penn, not to be put off so, "I owe my life to you!"
toted
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From this reading But, Pomp, him wouldn't; so we toted you hyar, and him's doctored you right smart eber sence.
very
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From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
war
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From this reading "Gorry! me sech a brute, me war for leavin' ye dar in de lot.
warm
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From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."
wouldn't
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From this reading But, Pomp, him wouldn't; so we toted you hyar, and him's doctored you right smart eber sence.
wrapping
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From this reading "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Gorry! me sech a brute, me war for leavin' ye dar in de lot.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "That's a subject we will not talk about just now, sir; for you must keep very quiet."