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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 The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
acquire
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
any
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From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
Bad
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From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
Boy
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From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
cannot
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
Causes
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From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
Chicago
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From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
Climb
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From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
consider
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From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
country
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
Dad
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From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
don't
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
English
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
enough
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
few
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
foreign
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
French
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
full
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
garlic
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
German
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
get
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
getting
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
glass
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
Grocerino
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From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
guess
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From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
head
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
hitching
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From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
home
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
Italian
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
Italy
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From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
Joins
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From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
Lady
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From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
language
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
languages
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
lips
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
mixedverbUS /mɪkst/
involved with or connected to
From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
motions
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
Naples
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From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
now
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
operation
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
palaver
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
PartynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
picked
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From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
Say
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
says
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From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
see
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
Siegnor
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From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
speel
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
stand
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From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
States
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
stay
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
system
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
tail
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
talk
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From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
traitor
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From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
tried
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From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
Trouble
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From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
United
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From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
unlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
up
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From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
Vesuvius
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From this reading The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party and Causes Trouble.
watch
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Say, I am getting so full of dead languages, and foreign palaver, that I shall have to have an operation on my tongue when I get home before I can speel the United States language again so you can make head or tail of it.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
word
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From this reading Dad has not picked up a word of any foreign language, and says he should consider himself a traitor to his country if he tried to talk anything but English.
words
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From this reading You see, I don't stay long enough in a country to acquire its language, but I get a few words into my system, so now my English is so mixed with French words, Italian garlic and German throat trouble that I cannot understand myself unless I look in a glass and watch the motions of my lips.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
ze
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From this reading Naples, Italy.--Siegnor ze Grocerino: I guess that will make you stand without hitching for a little while.
