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ALL
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From this reading FOR GOOD AND ALL Now study the ways of the world, my son; oh, study the ways of life!
almost
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From this reading It was almost the first of the warming days of April.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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April
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From this reading It was almost the first of the warming days of April.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
biggest
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From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
cash
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From this reading It’s the hustling chap that gets the cash or the girl he wants for his wife;
Chance
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From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
chap
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dab
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From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
days
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From this reading It was almost the first of the warming days of April.
fellow
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From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was almost the first of the warming days of April.
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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gets
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From this reading It’s the hustling chap that gets the cash or the girl he wants for his wife;
girl
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From this reading It’s the hustling chap that gets the cash or the girl he wants for his wife;
goes
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From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
GOODnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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grab
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From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It’s the hustling chap that gets the cash or the girl he wants for his wife;
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It’s the hustling chap that gets the cash or the girl he wants for his wife;
hustling
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From this reading It’s the hustling chap that gets the cash or the girl he wants for his wife;
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was almost the first of the warming days of April.
It's
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From this reading It’s the hustling chap that gets the cash or the girl he wants for his wife;
juiciest
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From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FOR GOOD AND ALL Now study the ways of the world, my son; oh, study the ways of life!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading FOR GOOD AND ALL Now study the ways of the world, my son; oh, study the ways of life!
Now
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From this reading FOR GOOD AND ALL Now study the ways of the world, my son; oh, study the ways of life!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FOR GOOD AND ALL Now study the ways of the world, my son; oh, study the ways of life!
oh
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From this reading FOR GOOD AND ALL Now study the ways of the world, my son; oh, study the ways of life!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
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Peak
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From this reading --Philosophy of S. Peak.
PhilosophynounUS /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading --Philosophy of S. Peak.
pie
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From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
place
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From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
plum
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From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
S
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From this reading --Philosophy of S. Peak.
son
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spots
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From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
study
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From this reading FOR GOOD AND ALL Now study the ways of the world, my son; oh, study the ways of life!
swinging
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From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It’s the hustling chap that gets the cash or the girl he wants for his wife;
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FOR GOOD AND ALL Now study the ways of the world, my son; oh, study the ways of life!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
wants
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From this reading It’s the hustling chap that gets the cash or the girl he wants for his wife;
warming
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From this reading It was almost the first of the warming days of April.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was almost the first of the warming days of April.
ways
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From this reading FOR GOOD AND ALL Now study the ways of the world, my son; oh, study the ways of life!
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It’s the fellow that spots the place to grab, as Chance goes swinging by, Who gets his dab in the juiciest place and the biggest plum in the pie.
wife
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From this reading It’s the hustling chap that gets the cash or the girl he wants for his wife;
world
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From this reading FOR GOOD AND ALL Now study the ways of the world, my son; oh, study the ways of life!