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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 It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
accused
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From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
all
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From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading I had money to pay for several meals, and I looked around for somebody I knew; Frosty, I hoped.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
blamednounUS /blamed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
broke
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From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
career
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From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
didn't
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From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
dimpled
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From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
disgustnounUS /dɪsˈɡʌst/
a strong feeling of dislike or sickness caused by something unpleasant
From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
East
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From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
enticement
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From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
experience
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From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
foolnounUS /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
Frosty
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From this reading I had money to pay for several meals, and I looked around for somebody I knew; Frosty, I hoped.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had money to pay for several meals, and I looked around for somebody I knew; Frosty, I hoped.
Handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading I Shake Hands with Old Man King.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
hoped
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From this reading I had money to pay for several meals, and I looked around for somebody I knew; Frosty, I hoped.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I Shake Hands with Old Man King.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
irresponsible
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From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
It's
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From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
King
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From this reading I Shake Hands with Old Man King.
knew
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From this reading I had money to pay for several meals, and I looked around for somebody I knew; Frosty, I hoped.
land
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From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
lay
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From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
learns
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From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had money to pay for several meals, and I looked around for somebody I knew; Frosty, I hoped.
Man
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From this reading I Shake Hands with Old Man King.
meals
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From this reading I had money to pay for several meals, and I looked around for somebody I knew; Frosty, I hoped.
money
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From this reading I had money to pay for several meals, and I looked around for somebody I knew; Frosty, I hoped.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
odd
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From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
off
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From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
Old
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From this reading I Shake Hands with Old Man King.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
Osage
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From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
pay
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From this reading I had money to pay for several meals, and I looked around for somebody I knew; Frosty, I hoped.
platform
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From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
range
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From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
second
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From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
seen
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From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
several
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From this reading I had money to pay for several meals, and I looked around for somebody I knew; Frosty, I hoped.
Shake
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From this reading I Shake Hands with Old Man King.
slide
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From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
sodden
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From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
somebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading I had money to pay for several meals, and I looked around for somebody I knew; Frosty, I hoped.
spring
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From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
station
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From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
times
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From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
train
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From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
watched
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From this reading For the second time in my irresponsible career I stood on the station platform at Osage and watched the train slide off to the East.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading For the sodden land I had looked upon with such disgust when first I had seen it, the range lay dimpled in all the enticement of spring.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It's a blamed fool who never learns anything by experience, and I never have accused myself of being a fool--except at odd times--so I didn't land broke.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I Shake Hands with Old Man King.
