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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 Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
always
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From this reading Say, you can't always tell, can you?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
Ankins
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From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Mister 'Ankins, he was the first to spot it, and he comes trottin' in where we was prancin' around the mat, his jaw loose, and his eyebrows propped up like Eddie Foy's when he wears his salary face.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
back
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From this reading Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
Boss
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From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
Broadway
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From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
burg
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From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Say, you can't always tell, can you?
can't
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comes
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comfortable
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From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
comin
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From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
down
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From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
Eddie
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eyebrows
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From this reading Mister 'Ankins, he was the first to spot it, and he comes trottin' in where we was prancin' around the mat, his jaw loose, and his eyebrows propped up like Eddie Foy's when he wears his salary face.
face
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From this reading Mister 'Ankins, he was the first to spot it, and he comes trottin' in where we was prancin' around the mat, his jaw loose, and his eyebrows propped up like Eddie Foy's when he wears his salary face.
far
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From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mister 'Ankins, he was the first to spot it, and he comes trottin' in where we was prancin' around the mat, his jaw loose, and his eyebrows propped up like Eddie Foy's when he wears his salary face.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
four
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Foy's
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
havin
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From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mister 'Ankins, he was the first to spot it, and he comes trottin' in where we was prancin' around the mat, his jaw loose, and his eyebrows propped up like Eddie Foy's when he wears his salary face.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mister 'Ankins, he was the first to spot it, and he comes trottin' in where we was prancin' around the mat, his jaw loose, and his eyebrows propped up like Eddie Foy's when he wears his salary face.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
I'd
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From this reading Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mister 'Ankins, he was the first to spot it, and he comes trottin' in where we was prancin' around the mat, his jaw loose, and his eyebrows propped up like Eddie Foy's when he wears his salary face.
It'ly
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From this reading Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
jaw
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From this reading Mister 'Ankins, he was the first to spot it, and he comes trottin' in where we was prancin' around the mat, his jaw loose, and his eyebrows propped up like Eddie Foy's when he wears his salary face.
like
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littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
loose
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map
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From this reading Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
mat
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From this reading Mister 'Ankins, he was the first to spot it, and he comes trottin' in where we was prancin' around the mat, his jaw loose, and his eyebrows propped up like Eddie Foy's when he wears his salary face.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
Mister
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From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
mitts
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From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
money
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nice
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From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
o'clock
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From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
off
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From this reading Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
old
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From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
prancin
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From this reading Mister 'Ankins, he was the first to spot it, and he comes trottin' in where we was prancin' around the mat, his jaw loose, and his eyebrows propped up like Eddie Foy's when he wears his salary face.
proposition
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propped
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reg'lar
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From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
round
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salary
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From this reading Mister 'Ankins, he was the first to spot it, and he comes trottin' in where we was prancin' around the mat, his jaw loose, and his eyebrows propped up like Eddie Foy's when he wears his salary face.
Say
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From this reading Say, you can't always tell, can you?
settled
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From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
Sherlock
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spot
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teas
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From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Say, you can't always tell, can you?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
there
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From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
too
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From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
trottin
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From this reading Mister 'Ankins, he was the first to spot it, and he comes trottin' in where we was prancin' around the mat, his jaw loose, and his eyebrows propped up like Eddie Foy's when he wears his salary face.
turns
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up
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From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
We'd
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From this reading We'd settled down in this little old burg, me and the Boss and Mister 'Ankins, nice and comfortable, and not too far from Broadway.
wears
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weeks
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From this reading Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Mister 'Ankins, he was the first to spot it, and he comes trottin' in where we was prancin' around the mat, his jaw loose, and his eyebrows propped up like Eddie Foy's when he wears his salary face.
wiped
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From this reading Here a couple of weeks back I thought I'd wiped It'ly off the map.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And we was havin' our four o'clock teas with the mitts, as reg'lar as if there was money comin' to us for each round, when this here Sherlock proposition turns up.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Say, you can't always tell, can you?
