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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 COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "There's one thing I must say about Mort," he dryly observed: "he's cheerful when he wins."
acquired
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
aid
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
bank
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From this reading Courtney, keeping the bank, dived ruefully into the box for his fourth stack of chips.
boastfully
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
box
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From this reading Courtney, keeping the bank, dived ruefully into the box for his fourth stack of chips.
casino
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
cheerful
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From this reading "There's one thing I must say about Mort," he dryly observed: "he's cheerful when he wins."
chips
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From this reading Courtney, keeping the bank, dived ruefully into the box for his fourth stack of chips.
COLONEL
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From this reading IN WHICH THE COLONEL, MESSRS.
COURTNEY
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
displayed
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
dived
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From this reading Courtney, keeping the bank, dived ruefully into the box for his fourth stack of chips.
down
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From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
dryly
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From this reading "There's one thing I must say about Mort," he dryly observed: "he's cheerful when he wins."
fellows
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From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Courtney, keeping the bank, dived ruefully into the box for his fourth stack of chips.
four
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
fourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Courtney, keeping the bank, dived ruefully into the box for his fourth stack of chips.
GAME
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
grow
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From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
hand
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
he's
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From this reading "There's one thing I must say about Mort," he dryly observed: "he's cheerful when he wins."
hearts
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Courtney, keeping the bank, dived ruefully into the box for his fourth stack of chips.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "There's one thing I must say about Mort," he dryly observed: "he's cheerful when he wins."
I'll
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From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH THE COLONEL, MESSRS.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Courtney, keeping the bank, dived ruefully into the box for his fourth stack of chips.
jack-pot
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
keeping
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From this reading Courtney, keeping the bank, dived ruefully into the box for his fourth stack of chips.
kindly
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From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
LITTLEnounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
MESSRS
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From this reading IN WHICH THE COLONEL, MESSRS.
Mort
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From this reading "There's one thing I must say about Mort," he dryly observed: "he's cheerful when he wins."
Morton
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "There's one thing I must say about Mort," he dryly observed: "he's cheerful when he wins."
observed
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From this reading "There's one thing I must say about Mort," he dryly observed: "he's cheerful when he wins."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
offered
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From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "There's one thing I must say about Mort," he dryly observed: "he's cheerful when he wins."
OTHERS
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
poker
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From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
real
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From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
ruefully
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From this reading Courtney, keeping the bank, dived ruefully into the box for his fourth stack of chips.
say
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From this reading "There's one thing I must say about Mort," he dryly observed: "he's cheerful when he wins."
SIT
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
Sometime
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From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
stack
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From this reading Courtney, keeping the bank, dived ruefully into the box for his fourth stack of chips.
substantial
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN WHICH THE COLONEL, MESSRS.
There's
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From this reading "There's one thing I must say about Mort," he dryly observed: "he's cheerful when he wins."
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "There's one thing I must say about Mort," he dryly observed: "he's cheerful when he wins."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
up
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From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
WASHER
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH THE COLONEL, MESSRS.
winning
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From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
wins
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From this reading "There's one thing I must say about Mort," he dryly observed: "he's cheerful when he wins."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME Morton Washer, having acquired a substantial jack-pot with the aid of four hearts and little casino, boastfully displayed the winning hand.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Sometime, when you fellows grow up," he kindly offered, "I'll sit down to a real game of poker with you."
