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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 “I’d have to take you all the way to Europe to do that,” the man answered with a kind of brisk pleasantry.
advantage
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From this reading The unfortunate captive ventured to take advantage of this faint sign of relenting.
all
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From this reading “I’d have to take you all the way to Europe to do that,” the man answered with a kind of brisk pleasantry.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Switzerland and gosh knows where all.
answered
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From this reading “I’d have to take you all the way to Europe to do that,” the man answered with a kind of brisk pleasantry.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
asked
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From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
brisk
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From this reading “I’d have to take you all the way to Europe to do that,” the man answered with a kind of brisk pleasantry.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
Can't
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From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
captive
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From this reading The unfortunate captive ventured to take advantage of this faint sign of relenting.
captor
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From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I’d have to take you all the way to Europe to do that,” the man answered with a kind of brisk pleasantry.
Europe
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From this reading “I’d have to take you all the way to Europe to do that,” the man answered with a kind of brisk pleasantry.
faint
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From this reading The unfortunate captive ventured to take advantage of this faint sign of relenting.
gosh
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From this reading “Switzerland and gosh knows where all.
got
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From this reading And all I got is two men on the grounds.”
grounds
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From this reading And all I got is two men on the grounds.”
GUILTY
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From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I’d have to take you all the way to Europe to do that,” the man answered with a kind of brisk pleasantry.
Hervey
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From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
holding
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From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And all I got is two men on the grounds.”
I'd
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From this reading “I’d have to take you all the way to Europe to do that,” the man answered with a kind of brisk pleasantry.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And all I got is two men on the grounds.”
kind
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From this reading “I’d have to take you all the way to Europe to do that,” the man answered with a kind of brisk pleasantry.
knows
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From this reading “Switzerland and gosh knows where all.
man
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From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
men
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From this reading And all I got is two men on the grounds.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I’d have to take you all the way to Europe to do that,” the man answered with a kind of brisk pleasantry.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And all I got is two men on the grounds.”
owns
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From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
place
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From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
pleasantry
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From this reading “I’d have to take you all the way to Europe to do that,” the man answered with a kind of brisk pleasantry.
poor
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From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
relenting
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From this reading The unfortunate captive ventured to take advantage of this faint sign of relenting.
sign
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From this reading The unfortunate captive ventured to take advantage of this faint sign of relenting.
sleeve
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From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
strode
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From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
Switzerland
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From this reading “Switzerland and gosh knows where all.
take
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From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
two
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From this reading And all I got is two men on the grounds.”
unfortunate
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From this reading The unfortunate captive ventured to take advantage of this faint sign of relenting.
ventured
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From this reading The unfortunate captive ventured to take advantage of this faint sign of relenting.
way
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From this reading “I’d have to take you all the way to Europe to do that,” the man answered with a kind of brisk pleasantry.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “Switzerland and gosh knows where all.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I’d have to take you all the way to Europe to do that,” the man answered with a kind of brisk pleasantry.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading GUILTY “Can’t you take me to the man that owns this place?” poor Hervey asked, as his captor strode along, holding him by the sleeve.
