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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 This appeal required a moment--a longer look at him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You _will_ just tell her then, now and here, how good you honestly believe I shall be?”
appeal
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From this reading This appeal required a moment--a longer look at him.
assure
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading This appeal required a moment--a longer look at him.
backed
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From this reading “You truly hold that that friendly guarantee, backed by my parental weight, will do your job?”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
boy
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “You truly hold that that friendly guarantee, backed by my parental weight, will do your job?”
chuck
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
companion
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From this reading It only encouraged his companion.
didn't
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “You truly hold that that friendly guarantee, backed by my parental weight, will do your job?”
em
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
encouraged
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From this reading It only encouraged his companion.
friendly
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From this reading “You truly hold that that friendly guarantee, backed by my parental weight, will do your job?”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
guarantee
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From this reading “You truly hold that that friendly guarantee, backed by my parental weight, will do your job?”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You _will_ just tell her then, now and here, how good you honestly believe I shall be?”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This appeal required a moment--a longer look at him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It only encouraged his companion.
hold
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From this reading “You truly hold that that friendly guarantee, backed by my parental weight, will do your job?”
honestly
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From this reading “You _will_ just tell her then, now and here, how good you honestly believe I shall be?”
how
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From this reading “You _will_ just tell her then, now and here, how good you honestly believe I shall be?”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
I'd
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It only encouraged his companion.
job
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From this reading “You truly hold that that friendly guarantee, backed by my parental weight, will do your job?”
just
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From this reading “You _will_ just tell her then, now and here, how good you honestly believe I shall be?”
longer
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From this reading This appeal required a moment--a longer look at him.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This appeal required a moment--a longer look at him.
Lord
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
moment
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From this reading This appeal required a moment--a longer look at him.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
now
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From this reading “You _will_ just tell her then, now and here, how good you honestly believe I shall be?”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
only
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From this reading It only encouraged his companion.
out
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
parental
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From this reading “You truly hold that that friendly guarantee, backed by my parental weight, will do your job?”
properest
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
really
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This appeal required a moment--a longer look at him.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “You _will_ just tell her then, now and here, how good you honestly believe I shall be?”
spirit
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You _will_ just tell her then, now and here, how good you honestly believe I shall be?”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You truly hold that that friendly guarantee, backed by my parental weight, will do your job?”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
Theign
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
then
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From this reading “You _will_ just tell her then, now and here, how good you honestly believe I shall be?”
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This appeal required a moment--a longer look at him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
truly
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From this reading “You truly hold that that friendly guarantee, backed by my parental weight, will do your job?”
weight
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From this reading “You truly hold that that friendly guarantee, backed by my parental weight, will do your job?”
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “You _will_ just tell her then, now and here, how good you honestly believe I shall be?”
window
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
you'd
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From this reading “I assure you I’d chuck ‘em out of window, my boy, if I didn’t believe you’d be really good to her,” Lord Theign returned with the properest spirit.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You truly hold that that friendly guarantee, backed by my parental weight, will do your job?”