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addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
adopting
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From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
all
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From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
appeared
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From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
Bates
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From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
BEauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading RICHARD FINDS THAT NO CHASTENING SEEMETH TO BE JOYOUS.
blow
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From this reading "What's the use of trying to cover up your name, when the light will blow the whole thing?"
broker's
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From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
CHASTENING
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From this reading RICHARD FINDS THAT NO CHASTENING SEEMETH TO BE JOYOUS.
cover
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From this reading "What's the use of trying to cover up your name, when the light will blow the whole thing?"
cowhide
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From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
Dick
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From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
don't
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From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
farmer
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From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
FINDS
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From this reading RICHARD FINDS THAT NO CHASTENING SEEMETH TO BE JOYOUS.
giving
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From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
Grant
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From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
JOYOUS
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From this reading RICHARD FINDS THAT NO CHASTENING SEEMETH TO BE JOYOUS.
lantern
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From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
light
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From this reading "What's the use of trying to cover up your name, when the light will blow the whole thing?"
manhood
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From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What's the use of trying to cover up your name, when the light will blow the whole thing?"
NOdeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading RICHARD FINDS THAT NO CHASTENING SEEMETH TO BE JOYOUS.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "What's the use of trying to cover up your name, when the light will blow the whole thing?"
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
RICHARD
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From this reading RICHARD FINDS THAT NO CHASTENING SEEMETH TO BE JOYOUS.
sacrificed
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From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
said
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From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
Sandy
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From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
see
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From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
SEEMETH
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From this reading RICHARD FINDS THAT NO CHASTENING SEEMETH TO BE JOYOUS.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
son
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From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
sullenly
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From this reading "My name is Richard Grant," replied the broker's son, sullenly, and with the feeling that he had sacrificed all his manhood by giving up the point.
TellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
THATconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading RICHARD FINDS THAT NO CHASTENING SEEMETH TO BE JOYOUS.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
there
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From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What's the use of trying to cover up your name, when the light will blow the whole thing?"
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading RICHARD FINDS THAT NO CHASTENING SEEMETH TO BE JOYOUS.
trying
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From this reading "What's the use of trying to cover up your name, when the light will blow the whole thing?"
up
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From this reading "What's the use of trying to cover up your name, when the light will blow the whole thing?"
use
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From this reading "What's the use of trying to cover up your name, when the light will blow the whole thing?"
used
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From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
Well
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From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Well, Dick," added the farmer, adopting the name Sandy had used, "if you don't tell me who you are, I shall see what virtue there is in that cowhide."
What's
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From this reading "What's the use of trying to cover up your name, when the light will blow the whole thing?"
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
whole
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From this reading "What's the use of trying to cover up your name, when the light will blow the whole thing?"
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "What's the use of trying to cover up your name, when the light will blow the whole thing?"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Tell him who you are, Dick," said Sandy, when Bates appeared with the lantern.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What's the use of trying to cover up your name, when the light will blow the whole thing?"
