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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 There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Ross said to Marconi, wonderingly: “What’s all this about?
all
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From this reading Ross said to Marconi, wonderingly: “What’s all this about?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “They have gun drill once a month, my young friend, and they never say a word about it.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
Blaney
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
bug-eyed
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From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
cannon
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
Chunk
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
Doc
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
don't
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
drill
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From this reading “They have gun drill once a month, my young friend, and they never say a word about it.
friend
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From this reading “They have gun drill once a month, my young friend, and they never say a word about it.
get
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From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
Gibbons
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
God-damned
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
grinned
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From this reading Marconi grinned.
gun
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From this reading “They have gun drill once a month, my young friend, and they never say a word about it.
Halsey's
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From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
handling
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “They have gun drill once a month, my young friend, and they never say a word about it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
hold
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From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
how
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “They have gun drill once a month, my young friend, and they never say a word about it.
Keep
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From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
knew
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
many
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
Marconi
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From this reading Ross said to Marconi, wonderingly: “What’s all this about?
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
monsters
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From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
month
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From this reading “They have gun drill once a month, my young friend, and they never say a word about it.
more
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “They have gun drill once a month, my young friend, and they never say a word about it.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
off
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From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
office
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From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
once
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From this reading “They have gun drill once a month, my young friend, and they never say a word about it.
out
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
Planet
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From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
platform
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From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
pressure
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
rabble-rouser
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From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
rolling
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
Ross
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From this reading Ross said to Marconi, wonderingly: “What’s all this about?
said
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From this reading Ross said to Marconi, wonderingly: “What’s all this about?
sailnounUS /sail/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
say
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From this reading “They have gun drill once a month, my young friend, and they never say a word about it.
secrets
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
story
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From this reading Let the right rabble-rouser get hold of the story and he might sail into office on a platform of ‘Keep the bug-eyed monsters off of Halsey’s Planet.’
tank
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
There
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From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They have gun drill once a month, my young friend, and they never say a word about it.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Ross said to Marconi, wonderingly: “What’s all this about?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ross said to Marconi, wonderingly: “What’s all this about?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was Doc Gibbons handling the pressure tank, there was Chunk Blaney rolling out a God-damned cannon I never knew was there—how many more little secrets are there that I don’t know about?”
What's
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From this reading Ross said to Marconi, wonderingly: “What’s all this about?
wonderingly
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From this reading Ross said to Marconi, wonderingly: “What’s all this about?
word
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From this reading “They have gun drill once a month, my young friend, and they never say a word about it.
young
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From this reading “They have gun drill once a month, my young friend, and they never say a word about it.
