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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 haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
all
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From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
bad
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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
BEFOREprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!
BesidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Besides, you owe it to us.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
certainly
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From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!
cut
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From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!
dose
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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
experience
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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
giving
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go
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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
haven't
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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
insist
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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Besides, you owe it to us.
kind
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From this reading I haven't the smallest kind of a likeness of you.
leave
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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
LENS
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From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
likeness
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From this reading I haven't the smallest kind of a likeness of you.
man
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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
minded
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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
nonsense
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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
other
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owe
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From this reading Besides, you owe it to us.
photographer
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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
picture
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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
prescription
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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
prescriptions
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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
prettiest
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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
Red
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From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!
smallest
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From this reading I haven't the smallest kind of a likeness of you.
States
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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
street
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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
Stuff
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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
sun
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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
town
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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
United
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From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
unkindest
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From this reading BEFORE THE LENS "Red, this is certainly the unkindest cut of all!
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Besides, you owe it to us.
well
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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
worst
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From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A bad prescription--to go across the street and let the prettiest photographer in the United States take a sun picture of you before you leave town?
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I haven't minded your other prescriptions, but to insist on giving a well man the worst dose of his experience to take--" "Stuff and nonsense!