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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 Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Attractions
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Bad
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It has rained nine days and a half out of a possible ten days, and the mud is something we never dreamed of before.
Big
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Boots
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Boy
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
cars
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From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
circus
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From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
cities
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From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
Closes
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Coming
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
day
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From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
days
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From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
degree
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From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
dreamed
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From this reading It has rained nine days and a half out of a possible ten days, and the mud is something we never dreamed of before.
electric
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From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
enough
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From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Freaks
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
get
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From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
got
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From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It has rained nine days and a half out of a possible ten days, and the mud is something we never dreamed of before.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It has rained nine days and a half out of a possible ten days, and the mud is something we never dreamed of before.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Heart
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
humility
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From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It has rained nine days and a half out of a possible ten days, and the mud is something we never dreamed of before.
just
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From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
lights
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From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
lot
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From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
main
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From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
mired
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From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
Missouri
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From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
mud
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From this reading It has rained nine days and a half out of a possible ten days, and the mud is something we never dreamed of before.
Muddy
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It has rained nine days and a half out of a possible ten days, and the mud is something we never dreamed of before.
nine
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From this reading It has rained nine days and a half out of a possible ten days, and the mud is something we never dreamed of before.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
out
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From this reading It has rained nine days and a half out of a possible ten days, and the mud is something we never dreamed of before.
Pa
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
paved
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From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
Performers
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
possible
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From this reading It has rained nine days and a half out of a possible ten days, and the mud is something we never dreamed of before.
Present
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
rained
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From this reading It has rained nine days and a half out of a possible ten days, and the mud is something we never dreamed of before.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
Rings
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Roses
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Rubber
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Search
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Season
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Show
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
soil
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From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It has rained nine days and a half out of a possible ten days, and the mud is something we never dreamed of before.
Starts
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
state
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From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
street
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From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
streets
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From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
swim
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From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
taken
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From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
teach
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From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
ten
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From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
thirty-third
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From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
train
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From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
two
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From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
virgin
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From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
wagons
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From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
way
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From this reading The wagons have been mired in the mud on the way from the train to the lot every day in the streets of cities big enough to have street cars and electric lights.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
Wear
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
Well
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From this reading Well, Missouri is the state to teach a circus humility, and we have taken the thirty-third degree in the last ten days.
West
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From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Rings Are So Muddy the Performers Have to Wear Rubber Boots--The Freaks Present Pa with a Big Heart of Roses--The Show Closes and the Bad Boy Starts West with His Pa in Search of Attractions for the Coming Season.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The cities have one or two main streets paved, but the rest of the streets are just virgin soil, and you have got to swim to get to the paved streets.
