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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 Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
actin
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
affairs
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From this reading Well, he's the Mesaba agent of Corrugated affairs, the big noise at the dirt end of the dividends.
agent
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From this reading Well, he's the Mesaba agent of Corrugated affairs, the big noise at the dirt end of the dividends.
all
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From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
awhile
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
bein
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
big
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
BOSS
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From this reading GLOOM SHUNTING FOR THE BOSS Trouble?
busiest
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
comin
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
compared
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From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
Congress
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
Corrugated
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From this reading Well, he's the Mesaba agent of Corrugated affairs, the big noise at the dirt end of the dividends.
develops
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From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
diff'rent
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
dirt
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From this reading Well, he's the Mesaba agent of Corrugated affairs, the big noise at the dirt end of the dividends.
dividends
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From this reading Well, he's the Mesaba agent of Corrugated affairs, the big noise at the dirt end of the dividends.
don't
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From this reading Maybe you don't know about Peter K.?
end
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From this reading Well, he's the Mesaba agent of Corrugated affairs, the big noise at the dirt end of the dividends.
floatin
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading GLOOM SHUNTING FOR THE BOSS Trouble?
GLOOM
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From this reading GLOOM SHUNTING FOR THE BOSS Trouble?
goin
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
Groff
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From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
happen
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
he's
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From this reading Well, he's the Mesaba agent of Corrugated affairs, the big noise at the dirt end of the dividends.
Hickory
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From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
issues
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From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
K
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From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Maybe you don't know about Peter K.?
lot
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
Maybe
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From this reading Maybe you don't know about Peter K.?
Mesaba
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From this reading Well, he's the Mesaba agent of Corrugated affairs, the big noise at the dirt end of the dividends.
noise
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From this reading Well, he's the Mesaba agent of Corrugated affairs, the big noise at the dirt end of the dividends.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
off
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
Old
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From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
Peter
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From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
plants
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
pullin
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
quarterly
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
rumors
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Say
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scrap
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From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
seven
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
SHUNTING
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From this reading GLOOM SHUNTING FOR THE BOSS Trouble?
side
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From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
slump
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
steel
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stocks
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strike
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tariff
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GLOOM SHUNTING FOR THE BOSS Trouble?
there
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
things
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From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But all these things was side issues compared to this scrap that develops between Old Hickory and Peter K. Groff.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
Trouble
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From this reading GLOOM SHUNTING FOR THE BOSS Trouble?
up
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
ways
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
Well
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From this reading Well, he's the Mesaba agent of Corrugated affairs, the big noise at the dirt end of the dividends.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
Won't
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
Workers
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From this reading Say, it was comin' seven diff'rent ways there for awhile,--our stocks on the slump, a quarterly bein' passed, Congress actin' up, a lot of gloom rumors floatin' around about what was goin' to happen to the tariff on steel, and the I Won't Workers pullin' off a big strike at one of our busiest plants.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Maybe you don't know about Peter K.?
