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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 She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
all
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From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am not, truly, even a mad scientist bucking for a billing to top Frankenstein's.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
billing
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Bluebeard
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bodies
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bucking
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buried
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From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
butchered
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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carelessly
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From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
claim
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From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
ends
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From this reading My knowledge of science ends with the Sunday magazine section of the paper.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am not, truly, even a mad scientist bucking for a billing to top Frankenstein's.
fiend
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From this reading So help me, I'm not really a fiend, a monstrous murderer or a Bluebeard.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I am not, truly, even a mad scientist bucking for a billing to top Frankenstein's.
Frankenstein's
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front
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garage
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From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So help me, I'm not really a fiend, a monstrous murderer or a Bluebeard.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
house
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From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am not, truly, even a mad scientist bucking for a billing to top Frankenstein's.
I'm
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illusion
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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just
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From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
keep
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From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
knowledge
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From this reading My knowledge of science ends with the Sunday magazine section of the paper.
littering
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loving
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From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
mad
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magazine
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From this reading My knowledge of science ends with the Sunday magazine section of the paper.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So help me, I'm not really a fiend, a monstrous murderer or a Bluebeard.
monstrous
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murderer
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MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My knowledge of science ends with the Sunday magazine section of the paper.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading So help me, I'm not really a fiend, a monstrous murderer or a Bluebeard.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My knowledge of science ends with the Sunday magazine section of the paper.
old
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From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading So help me, I'm not really a fiend, a monstrous murderer or a Bluebeard.
out
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From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
pages
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paper
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pretty
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really
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science
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scientist
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section
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From this reading My knowledge of science ends with the Sunday magazine section of the paper.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So help me, I'm not really a fiend, a monstrous murderer or a Bluebeard.
somewhat
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sorts
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From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
Sunday
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From this reading My knowledge of science ends with the Sunday magazine section of the paper.
sweet
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From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am not, truly, even a mad scientist bucking for a billing to top Frankenstein's.
top
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From this reading I am not, truly, even a mad scientist bucking for a billing to top Frankenstein's.
truly
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From this reading I am not, truly, even a mad scientist bucking for a billing to top Frankenstein's.
up
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From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
used-up
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From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
well
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From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
wife
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From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
women
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From this reading As for the bodies of all those women the front pages claim I butchered and buried somewhat carelessly out by the garage, all that is just--well, just an illusion of sorts.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She was a wonderful wife--sweet, pretty, loving--but she would keep littering up the house with her old, used-up bodies!
