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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 It seems a series of comic pictures painted in vivid green and red.
AB
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From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
all
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From this reading What do you make of all this, as, especially privileged, you peep over the shoulder of 'Hualpilli the 'tzin, in the portico of his porphyry baths?
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading What do you make of all this, as, especially privileged, you peep over the shoulder of 'Hualpilli the 'tzin, in the portico of his porphyry baths?
baths
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big
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
blazing
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
boy
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
cloak
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
comic
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From this reading It seems a series of comic pictures painted in vivid green and red.
course
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From this reading Nothing, of course.
disturbs
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From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you make of all this, as, especially privileged, you peep over the shoulder of 'Hualpilli the 'tzin, in the portico of his porphyry baths?
especially
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First
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
flags
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
footprint
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
green
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From this reading It seems a series of comic pictures painted in vivid green and red.
ground
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
head
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
house
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
Hualpilli
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It seems a series of comic pictures painted in vivid green and red.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
lastly
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
long
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
low-roofed
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
maguey
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From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
make
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From this reading What do you make of all this, as, especially privileged, you peep over the shoulder of 'Hualpilli the 'tzin, in the portico of his porphyry baths?
man
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
misshapen-looking
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing, of course.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading What do you make of all this, as, especially privileged, you peep over the shoulder of 'Hualpilli the 'tzin, in the portico of his porphyry baths?
painted
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From this reading It seems a series of comic pictures painted in vivid green and red.
paper
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From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
peep
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pictures
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From this reading It seems a series of comic pictures painted in vivid green and red.
plume
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
polished
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From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
porphyry
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portico
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privileged
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red
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From this reading It seems a series of comic pictures painted in vivid green and red.
seems
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From this reading It seems a series of comic pictures painted in vivid green and red.
series
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From this reading It seems a series of comic pictures painted in vivid green and red.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
shoulder
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sitting
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
small
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
soft
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From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
staff
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
sun
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
surface
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From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
then
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What do you make of all this, as, especially privileged, you peep over the shoulder of 'Hualpilli the 'tzin, in the portico of his porphyry baths?
topped
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
two
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From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
tzin
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From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
vivid
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From this reading It seems a series of comic pictures painted in vivid green and red.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading First, a blazing sun; then a boy with a big head and a boy with a small head topped with two flags; then a misshapen-looking man with a short cloak and a long staff and above his head a plume; then a low-roofed house, a footprint under a blazing sun; and, lastly, a man sitting on the ground.
worthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading And what is it on the soft and polished surface of the maguey[AB] paper that so disturbs the worthy 'tzin?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What do you make of all this, as, especially privileged, you peep over the shoulder of 'Hualpilli the 'tzin, in the portico of his porphyry baths?
