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The Illiterate Digest
The Illiterate Digest

Chapter IV

Chapter 4 of The Illiterate Digest is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 4 of The Illiterate Digest by Will Rogers holds 444 sentences, grouped into 89 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Chapter 4 holds 444 sentences of The Illiterate Digest, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.

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And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).
Will Hays, the man who made Harding President, and the Movies (partly) behave.
Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.
Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.
So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.
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The Illiterate Digest

Chapter IV

Chapter 4 of The Illiterate Digest is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).
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Will Hays, the man who made Harding President, and the Movies (partly) behave.
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Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.
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Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.
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So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Around preposition US /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading “So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.”

Through preposition US /θruː/

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading “Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).”

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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 And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

aided

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From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

all

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

anywhere

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

behave

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From this reading Will Hays, the man who made Harding President, and the Movies (partly) behave.

Beverly

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

carried

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From this reading So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

couldn't

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

Daughter

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From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

decided

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From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

doorsteps

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

encouraged

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From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

enough

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From this reading So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.

Estate

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

ever

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

find

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From this reading So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

get

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

getting

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

good

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

Guest

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

Harding

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From this reading Will Hays, the man who made Harding President, and the Movies (partly) behave.

Hays

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

head

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

here

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

Hills

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

hired

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

history

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

Hollywood

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

home

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

Industry

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

job

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

just

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

keep

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

knowing

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

known

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From this reading So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.

looked

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From this reading So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.

made

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

main

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

makes

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

man

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

Mary

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From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

Movies

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From this reading Will Hays, the man who made Harding President, and the Movies (partly) behave.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

only

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

partly

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From this reading Will Hays, the man who made Harding President, and the Movies (partly) behave.

Party

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From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

People

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

President

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From this reading Will Hays, the man who made Harding President, and the Movies (partly) behave.

Publicity

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

put

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From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

Real

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

recognized

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From this reading So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.

replace

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

Scandal

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

seem

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

selling

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From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

some

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From this reading So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.

still

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

supposed

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

throughprepositionUS /θruː/

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Hollywood had been getting all the Publicity and selling all the Real Estate through their Scandal, and here was Beverly Hills who could put it on just as Wild as they could, and we couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

Well

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From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Will Hays, the man who made Harding President, and the Movies (partly) behave.

Wife

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From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

Wild

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From this reading Well my Wife and I, aided and encouraged by Daughter Mary decided to put on a Wild Party.

Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

worse

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From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading So we looked around to find some Guest that would be well enough known, so that when we carried him home he would be recognized.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading And what makes it worse the head of our Industry that was hired and supposed to keep the Scandal from our doorsteps, was the main Guest, Will Hays (the only man in the history of Industry that was ever hired for a job without him or the People that hired him knowing what he was hired for, yet still made so good they couldn’t replace him).