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all
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Only instead of doing it with your fists, you were going to do it with your books, like the coward that you are.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I noticed that,” said Joe dryly, as he picked up his books.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “I noticed that,” said Joe dryly, as he picked up his books.
Buck
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
certainty
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
coming
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
coward
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From this reading “Only instead of doing it with your fists, you were going to do it with your books, like the coward that you are.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Only instead of doing it with your fists, you were going to do it with your books, like the coward that you are.
doing
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From this reading “Only instead of doing it with your fists, you were going to do it with your books, like the coward that you are.
dryly
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From this reading “I noticed that,” said Joe dryly, as he picked up his books.
fists
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From this reading “Only instead of doing it with your fists, you were going to do it with your books, like the coward that you are.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
getting
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From this reading “I was just getting ready to give you the licking of your life.”
give
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From this reading “I was just getting ready to give you the licking of your life.”
going
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From this reading “Only instead of doing it with your fists, you were going to do it with your books, like the coward that you are.
happened
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From this reading “It’s lucky for you that Preston happened to turn up just now,” he snarled.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “It’s lucky for you that Preston happened to turn up just now,” he snarled.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “I noticed that,” said Joe dryly, as he picked up his books.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I was just getting ready to give you the licking of your life.”
instead
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From this reading “Only instead of doing it with your fists, you were going to do it with your books, like the coward that you are.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Only instead of doing it with your fists, you were going to do it with your books, like the coward that you are.
It's
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From this reading “It’s lucky for you that Preston happened to turn up just now,” he snarled.
Joe
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From this reading “I noticed that,” said Joe dryly, as he picked up his books.
just
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From this reading “It’s lucky for you that Preston happened to turn up just now,” he snarled.
least
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
licking
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From this reading “I was just getting ready to give you the licking of your life.”
life
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From this reading “I was just getting ready to give you the licking of your life.”
like
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From this reading “Only instead of doing it with your fists, you were going to do it with your books, like the coward that you are.
Looker's
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
lucky
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From this reading “It’s lucky for you that Preston happened to turn up just now,” he snarled.
noticed
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From this reading “I noticed that,” said Joe dryly, as he picked up his books.
now
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From this reading “It’s lucky for you that Preston happened to turn up just now,” he snarled.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
Only
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From this reading “Only instead of doing it with your fists, you were going to do it with your books, like the coward that you are.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
picked
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From this reading “I noticed that,” said Joe dryly, as he picked up his books.
present
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
Preston
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From this reading “It’s lucky for you that Preston happened to turn up just now,” he snarled.
principal
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
ready
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From this reading “I was just getting ready to give you the licking of your life.”
returned
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
row
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
said
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From this reading “I noticed that,” said Joe dryly, as he picked up his books.
school
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
snarled
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From this reading “It’s lucky for you that Preston happened to turn up just now,” he snarled.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
threatened
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “It’s lucky for you that Preston happened to turn up just now,” he snarled.
truculence
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
turn
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From this reading “It’s lucky for you that Preston happened to turn up just now,” he snarled.
up
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From this reading “It’s lucky for you that Preston happened to turn up just now,” he snarled.
usual
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From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Only instead of doing it with your fists, you were going to do it with your books, like the coward that you are.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the coming of the school principal and the certainty that the threatened row was over, for the present at least, all Buck Looker’s usual truculence returned.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “It’s lucky for you that Preston happened to turn up just now,” he snarled.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I was just getting ready to give you the licking of your life.”
