Chapter II
TERRY RICHARDS ON THE JOB “Drill, my paddies, drill! Drill, you tarriers, drill! O, it’s work all day, No sugar in your tay-- Wor-rkin’ on th’ U. Pay. Ra-a-ailway!” THE rousing chant rang gaily upon the thin air of Western spring.
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Chapter II
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TERRY
RICHARDS
ON
THE
JOB
“Drill,
my
paddies,
drill!
Drill,
you
tarriers,
drill!
O,
it’s
work
all
day,
No
sugar
in
your
tay--
Wor-rkin’
on
th’
U.
Pay.
Ra-a-ailway!”
THE
rousing
chant
rang
gaily
upon
the
thin
air
of
Western
spring.
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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Line 1
TERRY
RICHARDS
ON
THE
JOB
“Drill,
my
paddies,
drill!
Line 2
Drill,
you
tarriers,
drill!
Line 3
O,
it’s
work
all
day,
No
sugar
in
your
tay--
Wor-rkin’
on
th’
U.
Pay.
Line 4
Ra-a-ailway!”
Line 5
THE
rousing
chant
rang
gaily
upon
the
thin
air
of
Western
spring.
Learner Dictionary
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Thin
adjective
US /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “THE rousing chant rang gaily upon the thin air of Western spring.”
Upon
preposition
US /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “THE rousing chant rang gaily upon the thin air of Western spring.”
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chant
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day
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Drill
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gaily
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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it's
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JOB
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From this reading TERRY RICHARDS ON THE JOB “Drill, my paddies, drill!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading TERRY RICHARDS ON THE JOB “Drill, my paddies, drill!
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
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O
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE rousing chant rang gaily upon the thin air of Western spring.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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paddies
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Pay
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Ra-a-ailway
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rang
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RICHARDS
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rousing
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spring
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sugar
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tarriers
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tay
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TERRY
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th
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THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TERRY RICHARDS ON THE JOB “Drill, my paddies, drill!
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading THE rousing chant rang gaily upon the thin air of Western spring.
U
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uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading THE rousing chant rang gaily upon the thin air of Western spring.
Western
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Wor-rkin
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work
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youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Drill, you tarriers, drill!
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O, it’s work all day, No sugar in your tay-- Wor-rkin’ on th’ U. Pay.