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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 George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
answer
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From this reading “No, I don’t think it is,” Herb spoke up, in answer.
approach
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Wonder if this can be the same parties we met yesterday?”
boat
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
bustling
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Wonder if this can be the same parties we met yesterday?”
Canuck
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
college
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
discharge
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
don't
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From this reading “No, I don’t think it is,” Herb spoke up, in answer.
explosions
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
Fellow
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
fierce
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
fire-crackers
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
fishing
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
full-blooded
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
George
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
giant
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
glasses
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
guide
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
Herb
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From this reading “No, I don’t think it is,” Herb spoke up, in answer.
hotels
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “No, I don’t think it is,” Herb spoke up, in answer.
I'd
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Wonder if this can be the same parties we met yesterday?”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “No, I don’t think it is,” Herb spoke up, in answer.
Indian
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “No, I don’t think it is,” Herb spoke up, in answer.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “No, I don’t think it is,” Herb spoke up, in answer.
Jack
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From this reading “That was just what I thought,” put in Jack.
just
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From this reading “That was just what I thought,” put in Jack.
like
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
little
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
looks
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
man
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
met
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From this reading “Wonder if this can be the same parties we met yesterday?”
more
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
motor
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “No, I don’t think it is,” Herb spoke up, in answer.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
pack
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
parties
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From this reading “Wonder if this can be the same parties we met yesterday?”
professor
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
pushed
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
put
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From this reading “That was just what I thought,” put in Jack.
remarked
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
rod
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading “Wonder if this can be the same parties we met yesterday?”
say
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
series
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
spoke
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From this reading “No, I don’t think it is,” Herb spoke up, in answer.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That was just what I thought,” put in Jack.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Wonder if this can be the same parties we met yesterday?”
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
think
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From this reading “No, I don’t think it is,” Herb spoke up, in answer.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Wonder if this can be the same parties we met yesterday?”
thought
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From this reading “That was just what I thought,” put in Jack.
unlike
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
up
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From this reading “No, I don’t think it is,” Herb spoke up, in answer.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “That was just what I thought,” put in Jack.
watched
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
water
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From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Wonder if this can be the same parties we met yesterday?”
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “That was just what I thought,” put in Jack.
wheel
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From this reading “Fellow at the wheel looks like a Canuck guide from one of the hotels, a full-blooded Indian, and the man with the glasses and the fishing rod is more like a college professor, I’d say.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading George remarked, as they watched the approach of the bustling little motor boat, which pushed over the water with a series of fierce explosions, not unlike the discharge of a pack of giant fire-crackers.
Wonder
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From this reading “Wonder if this can be the same parties we met yesterday?”
yesterday
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From this reading “Wonder if this can be the same parties we met yesterday?”
