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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
attentive
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From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
back
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From this reading When you come back remember the Queen."
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When you come back remember the Queen."
contained
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From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
CUT
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From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
envelope
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From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
eyes
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From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
flesh
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From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Good luck.
Good-bye
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From this reading "Good-bye, sir."
head
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From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
high
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From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
holding
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From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
I'll
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From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
LOOSE
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From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
luck
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From this reading "Good luck.
more
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From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
noddednounUS /nodded/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
out
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From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
pantaloons
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From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
pocket
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From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
pockets
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From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
Queen
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From this reading When you come back remember the Queen."
rebuffing
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From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading When you come back remember the Queen."
said
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From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
sir
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From this reading "Good-bye, sir."
smirching
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From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
stepped
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From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
stuffed
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From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I CUT LOOSE I nodded; rebuffing his attentive eyes I stuffed the envelope into my pantaloons pocket.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
value
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From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When you come back remember the Queen."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "I'll remember the Queen," said I; and with the envelope smirching my flesh I stepped out, holding my head as high as though my pockets contained something of more value.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When you come back remember the Queen."