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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 pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
All
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From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
barked
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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
Billson
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From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
Billson's
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From this reading “All right--Billson's elected!”
can't
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From this reading “THREE!--count Shadbelly in--we can't have too many!”
count
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From this reading “THREE!--count Shadbelly in--we can't have too many!”
counting
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From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
crazy
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cries
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From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
decipherable
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delight
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From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
din
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From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
disordered
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dog
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down
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elected
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From this reading “All right--Billson's elected!”
getting
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From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “THREE!--count Shadbelly in--we can't have too many!”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
Incorruptibility
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From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
judicious
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From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
jumped
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From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
laughed
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laughter
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loose
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From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
manner
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From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
many
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From this reading “THREE!--count Shadbelly in--we can't have too many!”
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
now
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From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
out
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From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
pandemonium
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From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
pot-hooks
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From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
ran
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reporters
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rich
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From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All right--Billson's elected!”
scared
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From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
scattered
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From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
set
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Shadbelly
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From this reading “THREE!--count Shadbelly in--we can't have too many!”
sleeping
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From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
sort
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From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
Symbols
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From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
tears
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From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
THREE
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From this reading “THREE!--count Shadbelly in--we can't have too many!”
throes
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From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
too
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From this reading “THREE!--count Shadbelly in--we can't have too many!”
turmoil
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From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
turned
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From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
TWO
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From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
unwrung
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From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
up
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From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “THREE!--count Shadbelly in--we can't have too many!”
We're
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From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
weep
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From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
withers
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From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading All manner of cries were scattered through the din: “We're getting rich--TWO Symbols of Incorruptibility!--without counting Billson!”
wits
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From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
world
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From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil.
