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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 The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As Tommie would put it, "Wot are you givin' us!"
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As Tommie would put it, "Wot are you givin' us!"
Avenue
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From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
BOUNTIFUL
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From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But seriously, cuzzy dear, it's quite out of the question.
came
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From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
Colfax
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From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
CONSTANCE
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From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
cosily
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From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
cuzzy
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From this reading But seriously, cuzzy dear, it's quite out of the question.
DEAR
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From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
forget
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From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
getting
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From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
givin
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From this reading As Tommie would put it, "Wot are you givin' us!"
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
home
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From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
honey-month
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From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
house
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From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
idea
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From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
indigent
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From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
it's
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From this reading But seriously, cuzzy dear, it's quite out of the question.
LADY
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From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
lessons
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From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
letter
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From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
makes
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From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
many
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From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
MYRA
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From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
now
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From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
out
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From this reading But seriously, cuzzy dear, it's quite out of the question.
Papa
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From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
proposing
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From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
prosperity
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From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
put
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From this reading As Tommie would put it, "Wot are you givin' us!"
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But seriously, cuzzy dear, it's quite out of the question.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But seriously, cuzzy dear, it's quite out of the question.
re-learning
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From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
relatives
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From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
ridiculous
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From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
seriously
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From this reading But seriously, cuzzy dear, it's quite out of the question.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
Tommie
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From this reading As Tommie would put it, "Wot are you givin' us!"
turn
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From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As Tommie would put it, "Wot are you givin' us!"
very
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From this reading The idea of your proposing in the very morning of your honey-month to take the Colfax Avenue house and turn it into a home for indigent relatives!
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
Wot
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From this reading As Tommie would put it, "Wot are you givin' us!"
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading As Tommie would put it, "Wot are you givin' us!"
wouldn't
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From this reading Papa wouldn't hear to it, and besides, we are getting along very cosily now, re-learning a good many lessons that prosperity makes one forget.
yesterday
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From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading As Tommie would put it, "Wot are you givin' us!"
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading CONSTANCE TO MYRA MY DEAR LADY BOUNTIFUL: Your letter--the ridiculous one--came yesterday.
