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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 STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
amidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
bars
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From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading His father, seventy-six when he fell in the Church of Hellsfork, had never been in a jail.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading It was a disgrace on the whole Lutts faction that he, their leader, now should stand behind the iron bars of a jail door.
boy
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From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
Cap
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From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
chieftain
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From this reading The irony of it was deeply excruciating--that he, their chieftain, should succumb to a revenuer.
Church
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From this reading His father, seventy-six when he fell in the Church of Hellsfork, had never been in a jail.
Crowding
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From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
deeply
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From this reading The irony of it was deeply excruciating--that he, their chieftain, should succumb to a revenuer.
disgracenounUS /dɪsˈɡreɪs/
shame caused by unacceptable behaviour
From this reading It was a disgrace on the whole Lutts faction that he, their leader, now should stand behind the iron bars of a jail door.
door
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From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
excruciating
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From this reading The irony of it was deeply excruciating--that he, their chieftain, should succumb to a revenuer.
faction
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From this reading It was a disgrace on the whole Lutts faction that he, their leader, now should stand behind the iron bars of a jail door.
father
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From this reading His father, seventy-six when he fell in the Church of Hellsfork, had never been in a jail.
fell
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From this reading His father, seventy-six when he fell in the Church of Hellsfork, had never been in a jail.
felt
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From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
gunless
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From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading His father, seventy-six when he fell in the Church of Hellsfork, had never been in a jail.
hanging
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From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
Hellsfork
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From this reading His father, seventy-six when he fell in the Church of Hellsfork, had never been in a jail.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His father, seventy-six when he fell in the Church of Hellsfork, had never been in a jail.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
iron
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From this reading It was a disgrace on the whole Lutts faction that he, their leader, now should stand behind the iron bars of a jail door.
irony
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From this reading The irony of it was deeply excruciating--that he, their chieftain, should succumb to a revenuer.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a disgrace on the whole Lutts faction that he, their leader, now should stand behind the iron bars of a jail door.
jail
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From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
keenly
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From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
lamentations
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From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
leader
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From this reading It was a disgrace on the whole Lutts faction that he, their leader, now should stand behind the iron bars of a jail door.
Lem
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From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
Lutts
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From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
moment
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From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
never
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From this reading His father, seventy-six when he fell in the Church of Hellsfork, had never been in a jail.
now
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From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
old
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From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
other
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From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
revenuer
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From this reading The irony of it was deeply excruciating--that he, their chieftain, should succumb to a revenuer.
scandal
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From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
seventy-six
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From this reading His father, seventy-six when he fell in the Church of Hellsfork, had never been in a jail.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading It was a disgrace on the whole Lutts faction that he, their leader, now should stand behind the iron bars of a jail door.
stand
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From this reading It was a disgrace on the whole Lutts faction that he, their leader, now should stand behind the iron bars of a jail door.
STIGMA
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From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
sting
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From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
succumb
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From this reading The irony of it was deeply excruciating--that he, their chieftain, should succumb to a revenuer.
superseding
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From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a disgrace on the whole Lutts faction that he, their leader, now should stand behind the iron bars of a jail door.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was a disgrace on the whole Lutts faction that he, their leader, now should stand behind the iron bars of a jail door.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
to-night
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From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
up
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From this reading Crowding up amidst other lamentations, and superseding them for the moment, Lem felt keenly the stigma and sting of this scandal.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE STIGMA He was in jail now--he, Lem Lutts,--old Cap Lutts' boy--was gunless to-night; hanging on to the bars of a jail door.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading His father, seventy-six when he fell in the Church of Hellsfork, had never been in a jail.
whole
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From this reading It was a disgrace on the whole Lutts faction that he, their leader, now should stand behind the iron bars of a jail door.
