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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 SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
all
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
Angeles
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From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
anywhere
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
Barbara
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But the thing hit me so quick, had to be decided in a flash, and my snap judgment never was good.
blotter
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
blue
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
boobs
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From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
breakfast
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From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the thing hit me so quick, had to be decided in a flash, and my snap judgment never was good.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could see no way but to go myself.
DAYS
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
decided
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down
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From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
driving
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
fingers
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From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
flash
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From this reading But the thing hit me so quick, had to be decided in a flash, and my snap judgment never was good.
Francisco
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
Gilbert
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From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
go
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going
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the thing hit me so quick, had to be decided in a flash, and my snap judgment never was good.
got
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From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
happened
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
headed
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
hieroglyphics
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
high
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
hit
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From this reading But the thing hit me so quick, had to be decided in a flash, and my snap judgment never was good.
house
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From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
Instead
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
judgment
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From this reading But the thing hit me so quick, had to be decided in a flash, and my snap judgment never was good.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
Los
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From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
LOST
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
made
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But the thing hit me so quick, had to be decided in a flash, and my snap judgment never was good.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
move
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But the thing hit me so quick, had to be decided in a flash, and my snap judgment never was good.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I could see no way but to go myself.
near
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the thing hit me so quick, had to be decided in a flash, and my snap judgment never was good.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I could see no way but to go myself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
phone
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From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
Pullman
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
quick
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From this reading But the thing hit me so quick, had to be decided in a flash, and my snap judgment never was good.
rate
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
reversed
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
San
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
see
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From this reading I could see no way but to go myself.
senseless
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
SEVEN
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
Sitting
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
Skeels
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From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
slip
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From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
small
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
smoker
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
snap
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From this reading But the thing hit me so quick, had to be decided in a flash, and my snap judgment never was good.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But the thing hit me so quick, had to be decided in a flash, and my snap judgment never was good.
some
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
south
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
speed
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
studying
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
there
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From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the thing hit me so quick, had to be decided in a flash, and my snap judgment never was good.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
up
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
vainly
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
wasn't
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From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
way
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From this reading I could see no way but to go myself.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Sitting in the Pullman smoker, going over what had happened and what I had made of it, vainly studying a small, blue blotter with some senseless hieroglyphics reversed upon it, I wasn't at all sure that this move of mine was anywhere near the right one.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading We were all at breakfast there at the Gilbert house when I got the phone that those boobs down in Los Angeles had let Skeels slip through their fingers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
Worth
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From this reading SEVEN LOST DAYS Instead of driving up to San Francisco with Worth and Barbara, the next morning, I was headed south at a high rate of speed.
