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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
all
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From this reading “The way the dogs barked all night--didn't they keep you awake?”
awake
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From this reading “The way the dogs barked all night--didn't they keep you awake?”
barked
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From this reading “The way the dogs barked all night--didn't they keep you awake?”
Baumberger
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From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
better
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From this reading “Never slept better in my life,” drawled Baumberger, his voice sliding upward from the first word to the last.
big
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From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
blood-shot
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From this reading His blood-shot eyes, however, rather gave the lie to his statement.
bobcat
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From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
coffee
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From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
commented
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From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
cup
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From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
didn't
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From this reading “The way the dogs barked all night--didn't they keep you awake?”
dogs
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From this reading “The way the dogs barked all night--didn't they keep you awake?”
drawled
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From this reading “Never slept better in my life,” drawled Baumberger, his voice sliding upward from the first word to the last.
ducks
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From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
eyes
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From this reading His blood-shot eyes, however, rather gave the lie to his statement.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Never slept better in my life,” drawled Baumberger, his voice sliding upward from the first word to the last.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Never slept better in my life,” drawled Baumberger, his voice sliding upward from the first word to the last.
gave
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From this reading His blood-shot eyes, however, rather gave the lie to his statement.
get
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From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
girls
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From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
going
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From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
Guess
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From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
handed
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From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
Hart
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From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
heard
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From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading His blood-shot eyes, however, rather gave the lie to his statement.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
I'd
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From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
I'm
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From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Never slept better in my life,” drawled Baumberger, his voice sliding upward from the first word to the last.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
keep
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From this reading “The way the dogs barked all night--didn't they keep you awake?”
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
lie
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From this reading His blood-shot eyes, however, rather gave the lie to his statement.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Never slept better in my life,” drawled Baumberger, his voice sliding upward from the first word to the last.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
more
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From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Never slept better in my life,” drawled Baumberger, his voice sliding upward from the first word to the last.
night
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From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
noon
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From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
Phoebe
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From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
rather
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From this reading His blood-shot eyes, however, rather gave the lie to his statement.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
slept
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From this reading “Never slept better in my life,” drawled Baumberger, his voice sliding upward from the first word to the last.
sliding
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From this reading “Never slept better in my life,” drawled Baumberger, his voice sliding upward from the first word to the last.
statement
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From this reading His blood-shot eyes, however, rather gave the lie to his statement.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The way the dogs barked all night--didn't they keep you awake?”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “The way the dogs barked all night--didn't they keep you awake?”
threats
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From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Never slept better in my life,” drawled Baumberger, his voice sliding upward from the first word to the last.
try
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From this reading “I'm going to make one more try, 'long about noon, for that big one--girls didn't get him, I guess, for all their threats, or I'd heard about it.
upward
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From this reading “Never slept better in my life,” drawled Baumberger, his voice sliding upward from the first word to the last.
voice
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From this reading “Never slept better in my life,” drawled Baumberger, his voice sliding upward from the first word to the last.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
way
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From this reading “The way the dogs barked all night--didn't they keep you awake?”
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “Guess that bobcat was after my ducks again, last night,” commented Phoebe Hart, when she handed Baumberger his cup of coffee.
word
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From this reading “Never slept better in my life,” drawled Baumberger, his voice sliding upward from the first word to the last.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “The way the dogs barked all night--didn't they keep you awake?”
