115
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140
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143
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157
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175
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176
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182
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183
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65
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91
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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how long something has existed
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weapons considered collectively
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in or near a particular place or position
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from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
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a small piece or quantity of something
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Cannot
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having gaps or spaces
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DischargedadjectiveUS /dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒd/
having lost your job
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used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What Do You Mean?
Entreatverb
ask for or request earnestly
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Fardorougha
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From this reading My Son! Fardorougha, The Miser
start firing a weapon
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a young female
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cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
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plural of “good” — benefit
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the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
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a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
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a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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Isn't
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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading What Do You Mean?
the force of workers available
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leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
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MisernounUS /ˈmaɪzər/
a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
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belonging to the person speaking
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pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
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not any; not one
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used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
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in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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belonging to the speaker and others
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not allowed to continue to bat or run
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one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
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PistolnounUS /ˈpɪstəl/
a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
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pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
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a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
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sound loudly and sonorously
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United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
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move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
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the place where some action occurs
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give an exhibition of to an interested audience
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term of address for a man
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a male human offspring
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distribute or disperse widely
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make a strenuous or labored effort
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carry out
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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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the people or things already mentioned, as the object
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in or at that place or location
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the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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Toss-upnoun
an unpredictable phenomenon
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being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
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used to ask for information about something
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in the company of; together with
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the person or people being spoken to
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belonging to the person or people being spoken to
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