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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 MADE IN U. S. A.
Allow
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From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Dick, here are the boys, thousands of them.
AUTHOR
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
BOY
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
boys
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DEXTER
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
DEXTER'S
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
Dick
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From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
ETC
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
friend
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From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
GREATnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
Hamilton
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From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dick, here are the boys, thousands of them.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.
introduce
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From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Boys, here is Dick Hamilton.
LARRY
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
MADE
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From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
OFFICE
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
REPORTER
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
S
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From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.
SEARCH
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dick, here are the boys, thousands of them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Dick, here are the boys, thousands of them.
thousands
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From this reading Dick, here are the boys, thousands of them.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
U
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From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.