adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
afraidadjectiveUS /əˈfreɪd/
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading "But she wasn't backwoods bred, and the other girls said she was timid and afraid of her shadder," chuckled Long Jerry.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading She sartain made a hit up here around Scarboro and along Rollin' River.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading She sartain made a hit up here around Scarboro and along Rollin' River.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was his sister, and as he was a pretty upstandin' man, so was she a tall, well-built gal.
backwoodsnounUS /ˈbæˈkwʊdz/
a remote and undeveloped area
From this reading "But she wasn't backwoods bred, and the other girls said she was timid and afraid of her shadder," chuckled Long Jerry.
beganverbUS /bɪˈɡæn/
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
BennettnounUS /ˈbenət/
United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
bredverbUS /bred/
inflected form of “breed” — call forth
From this reading "But she wasn't backwoods bred, and the other girls said she was timid and afraid of her shadder," chuckled Long Jerry.
bringed
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From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But she wasn't backwoods bred, and the other girls said she was timid and afraid of her shadder," chuckled Long Jerry.
chuckledverbUS /ˈtʃʌkəld/
past form of “chuckle” — laugh quietly or with restraint
From this reading "But she wasn't backwoods bred, and the other girls said she was timid and afraid of her shadder," chuckled Long Jerry.
comeverbUS /kʌm/
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
fam'bly
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From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
galnounUS /ɡæl/
United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
From this reading She was his sister, and as he was a pretty upstandin' man, so was she a tall, well-built gal.
girlsnounUS /ɡɜːrlz/
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading "But she wasn't backwoods bred, and the other girls said she was timid and afraid of her shadder," chuckled Long Jerry.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "But she wasn't backwoods bred, and the other girls said she was timid and afraid of her shadder," chuckled Long Jerry.
hereadverbUS /hiːr/
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading She sartain made a hit up here around Scarboro and along Rollin' River.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
hitverbUS /hɪt/
cause to move by striking
From this reading She sartain made a hit up here around Scarboro and along Rollin' River.
Jarsey
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From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
JerrynounUS /ˈdʒeri/
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
JERRY'SnounUS /ˈdʒeriz/
possessive form of “jerry” — offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
LONGadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading She sartain made a hit up here around Scarboro and along Rollin' River.
mannounUS /mæn/
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
nativeadjectiveUS /ˈneɪtɪv/
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
necknounUS /nek/
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
onounUS /oʊ/
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
Ol
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From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "But she wasn't backwoods bred, and the other girls said she was timid and afraid of her shadder," chuckled Long Jerry.
placenounUS /pleɪs/
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
prettyadjectiveUS /ˈprɪti/
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading She was his sister, and as he was a pretty upstandin' man, so was she a tall, well-built gal.
RivernounUS /ˈrɪvər/
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading She sartain made a hit up here around Scarboro and along Rollin' River.
Rollin
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From this reading She sartain made a hit up here around Scarboro and along Rollin' River.
saidadjectiveUS /sed/
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "But she wasn't backwoods bred, and the other girls said she was timid and afraid of her shadder," chuckled Long Jerry.
SallynounUS /ˈsæli/
witty remark
From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
sartain
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From this reading She sartain made a hit up here around Scarboro and along Rollin' River.
Scarboro
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From this reading She sartain made a hit up here around Scarboro and along Rollin' River.
shadder
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From this reading "But she wasn't backwoods bred, and the other girls said she was timid and afraid of her shadder," chuckled Long Jerry.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was his sister, and as he was a pretty upstandin' man, so was she a tall, well-built gal.
sisternounUS /ˈsɪstər/
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading She was his sister, and as he was a pretty upstandin' man, so was she a tall, well-built gal.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She was his sister, and as he was a pretty upstandin' man, so was she a tall, well-built gal.
someadjectiveUS /sʌm/
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
STORYnounUS /ˈstɔːri/
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
talladjectiveUS /tɔːl/
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading She was his sister, and as he was a pretty upstandin' man, so was she a tall, well-built gal.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "But she wasn't backwoods bred, and the other girls said she was timid and afraid of her shadder," chuckled Long Jerry.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
timidadjectiveUS /ˈtɪmɪd/
showing fear and lack of confidence
From this reading "But she wasn't backwoods bred, and the other girls said she was timid and afraid of her shadder," chuckled Long Jerry.
ToddnounUS /tɑːd/
Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
upadjectiveUS /ʌp/
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
upstandin
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From this reading She was his sister, and as he was a pretty upstandin' man, so was she a tall, well-built gal.
warn't
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From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was his sister, and as he was a pretty upstandin' man, so was she a tall, well-built gal.
wasn't
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From this reading "But she wasn't backwoods bred, and the other girls said she was timid and afraid of her shadder," chuckled Long Jerry.
well-built
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From this reading She was his sister, and as he was a pretty upstandin' man, so was she a tall, well-built gal.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He come up from Jarsey, or some such place, and bringed his fam'bly with him, and Sally Bennett.
woodsnounUS /wʊdz/
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading LONG JERRY'S STORY "Ol' man Bennett," began Jerry Todd, "warn't a native of this neck o' woods.
