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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 After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Say, I smell sheep, by golly!” he announced in the bellowing tone which was his conversational voice, and sniffed again.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
announced
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From this reading “Say, I smell sheep, by golly!” he announced in the bellowing tone which was his conversational voice, and sniffed again.
baked
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
bellowing
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boys
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
bull
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “Say, I smell sheep, by golly!” he announced in the bellowing tone which was his conversational voice, and sniffed again.
conversational
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From this reading “Say, I smell sheep, by golly!” he announced in the bellowing tone which was his conversational voice, and sniffed again.
day
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From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
dinner
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From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
door
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From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
dose
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From this reading “Oh, that's just a left-over in your system from the dose yuh got in town Sunday,” Weary explained soothingly.
dreamed
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From this reading “I've smelled sheep, and tasted sheep, and dreamed sheep, ever since.”
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I've smelled sheep, and tasted sheep, and dreamed sheep, ever since.”
explained
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From this reading “Oh, that's just a left-over in your system from the dose yuh got in town Sunday,” Weary explained soothingly.
face
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
golly
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From this reading “Say, I smell sheep, by golly!” he announced in the bellowing tone which was his conversational voice, and sniffed again.
gooseberry
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
got
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From this reading “Oh, that's just a left-over in your system from the dose yuh got in town Sunday,” Weary explained soothingly.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
head
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Say, I smell sheep, by golly!” he announced in the bellowing tone which was his conversational voice, and sniffed again.
I've
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From this reading “I've smelled sheep, and tasted sheep, and dreamed sheep, ever since.”
idly
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From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Say, I smell sheep, by golly!” he announced in the bellowing tone which was his conversational voice, and sniffed again.
joshing
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
just
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From this reading “Oh, that's just a left-over in your system from the dose yuh got in town Sunday,” Weary explained soothingly.
left-over
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From this reading “Oh, that's just a left-over in your system from the dose yuh got in town Sunday,” Weary explained soothingly.
like
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
listening
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
mess-house
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From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
minute
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
Oh
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From this reading “Oh, that's just a left-over in your system from the dose yuh got in town Sunday,” Weary explained soothingly.
old
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
opened
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From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
outward
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
Patsy
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picking
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From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
pies
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
rising
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From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
Say
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From this reading “Say, I smell sheep, by golly!” he announced in the bellowing tone which was his conversational voice, and sniffed again.
sheep
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From this reading “Say, I smell sheep, by golly!” he announced in the bellowing tone which was his conversational voice, and sniffed again.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “I've smelled sheep, and tasted sheep, and dreamed sheep, ever since.”
Slim
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From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
smell
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From this reading “Say, I smell sheep, by golly!” he announced in the bellowing tone which was his conversational voice, and sniffed again.
smelled
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From this reading “I've smelled sheep, and tasted sheep, and dreamed sheep, ever since.”
sniff
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
sniffed
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From this reading “Say, I smell sheep, by golly!” he announced in the bellowing tone which was his conversational voice, and sniffed again.
some
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
soothingly
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From this reading “Oh, that's just a left-over in your system from the dose yuh got in town Sunday,” Weary explained soothingly.
startled
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
sugar
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
Sunday
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system
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From this reading “Oh, that's just a left-over in your system from the dose yuh got in town Sunday,” Weary explained soothingly.
tasted
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From this reading “I've smelled sheep, and tasted sheep, and dreamed sheep, ever since.”
teeth
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From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
that's
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
there
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From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
threw
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
tone
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town
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turned
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up
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From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
voice
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Say, I smell sheep, by golly!” he announced in the bellowing tone which was his conversational voice, and sniffed again.
Weary
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From this reading “Oh, that's just a left-over in your system from the dose yuh got in town Sunday,” Weary explained soothingly.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Say, I smell sheep, by golly!” he announced in the bellowing tone which was his conversational voice, and sniffed again.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading After a minute of listening to the boys “joshing” old Patsy about some gooseberry pies he had baked without sugar, he turned his face outward, threw up his head like a startled bull, and began to sniff.
work
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From this reading Slim rising first from dinner on the next day but one opened the door of the mess-house, and stood there idly picking his teeth before he went about his work.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Oh, that's just a left-over in your system from the dose yuh got in town Sunday,” Weary explained soothingly.
yuh
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