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Potash & Perlmutter

Chapter IV

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"Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.
"I guess we are due for a _schlag_ somewheres, ain't it?"
"Always you got to kick," Morris cried.
"If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."
Abe emitted a raucous laugh.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Potash & Perlmutter

Chapter IV

Reading 1/76 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.
Line 2
"I guess we are due for a _schlag_ somewheres, ain't it?"
Line 3
"Always you got to kick," Morris cried.
Line 4
"If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."
Line 5
Abe emitted a raucous laugh.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “"Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.”

Cried noun US /cried/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Always you got to kick," Morris cried.”

While conjunction US /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading “"If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “"If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."”

All words in this reading · 46

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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 guess we are due for a _schlag_ somewheres, ain't it?"

Abe

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From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

ain't

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From this reading "I guess we are due for a _schlag_ somewheres, ain't it?"

Always

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From this reading "Always you got to kick," Morris cried.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "I guess we are due for a _schlag_ somewheres, ain't it?"

criednounUS /cried/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Always you got to kick," Morris cried.

due

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From this reading "I guess we are due for a _schlag_ somewheres, ain't it?"

emitted

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From this reading Abe emitted a raucous laugh.

failure

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From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

Garfunkel's

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From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

go

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From this reading "If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."

goes

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From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

got

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From this reading "Always you got to kick," Morris cried.

guess

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From this reading "I guess we are due for a _schlag_ somewheres, ain't it?"

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "I guess we are due for a _schlag_ somewheres, ain't it?"

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading "If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "I guess we are due for a _schlag_ somewheres, ain't it?"

kick

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From this reading "Always you got to kick," Morris cried.

lately

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From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

laugh

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From this reading Abe emitted a raucous laugh.

listen

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From this reading "If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."

M

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From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

Mawruss

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From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

Morris

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From this reading "Always you got to kick," Morris cried.

oncet

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From this reading "If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."

only

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From this reading "If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."

Potash

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From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

pretty

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From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

raucous

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From this reading Abe emitted a raucous laugh.

remarked

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From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

say

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From this reading "If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."

schlag

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From this reading "I guess we are due for a _schlag_ somewheres, ain't it?"

shortly

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From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

smooth

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From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

somewheres

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From this reading "I guess we are due for a _schlag_ somewheres, ain't it?"

Things

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From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "Always you got to kick," Morris cried.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Things goes pretty smooth for us lately, Mawruss," Abe Potash remarked, shortly after M. Garfunkel's failure.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "I guess we are due for a _schlag_ somewheres, ain't it?"

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."

whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading "If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading "If you would only listen to what _I_ got to say oncet in a while, Abe, things would always go smooth."

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Always you got to kick," Morris cried.