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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 New York Alfred · A.
Alfred
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all
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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appeared
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Artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
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Book
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C
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Court
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courtesy
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DEDICATED
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Drawing
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few
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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Jonah
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K
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Knopf
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Land
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later
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LESLIE
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London
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M
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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Mercury
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Most
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New
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From this reading New York Alfred · A.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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Outlook
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P
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pages
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paper
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perished
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permitting
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pieces
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Proprietors
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Punch
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Reading
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republish
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RESPECT
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SCOTT
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Supreme
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Tears
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thank
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
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thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I thank them all.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
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TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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Water
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weeks
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
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WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
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WithoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
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York
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From this reading New York Alfred · A.
