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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 "I've a big mind to kick your stuff into the street for you."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
arm
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From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
attacked
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From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
big
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From this reading "I've a big mind to kick your stuff into the street for you."
boob
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From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
boy
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From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
caught
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From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
dudish
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From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
exclamation
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From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
fellow
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From this reading GETTING READY TO LEAVE "The mean fellow!"
firmly
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From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I've a big mind to kick your stuff into the street for you."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
Get
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From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
GETTING
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From this reading GETTING READY TO LEAVE "The mean fellow!"
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
hold
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From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
hollow-eyed
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From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
I've
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From this reading "I've a big mind to kick your stuff into the street for you."
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "I've a big mind to kick your stuff into the street for you."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
Jack
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From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
Jack's
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From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
keep
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From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
kick
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From this reading "I've a big mind to kick your stuff into the street for you."
leaped
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From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
LEAVE
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From this reading GETTING READY TO LEAVE "The mean fellow!"
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
mean
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From this reading GETTING READY TO LEAVE "The mean fellow!"
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I've a big mind to kick your stuff into the street for you."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
other
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From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
out
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From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
overbearing
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From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
peddler
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From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
READY
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From this reading GETTING READY TO LEAVE "The mean fellow!"
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
scene
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From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
stand
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From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
stopping
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From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
straightened
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From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
street
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From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
stuff
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From this reading "I've a big mind to kick your stuff into the street for you."
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GETTING READY TO LEAVE "The mean fellow!"
there
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From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GETTING READY TO LEAVE "The mean fellow!"
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
tumblingnounUS /ˈtumbling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
twice
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From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
up
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From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading "Let up there, you big boob!" cried Jack, and without stopping to think twice he leaped towards the other youth and caught him firmly by the arm.
witnessed
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From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Get out, I tell you!" repeated the overbearing boy, as the peddler straightened up and caught hold of his little stand to keep it from tumbling over.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I've a big mind to kick your stuff into the street for you."
youth
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From this reading Such was Jack's exclamation as he witnessed the scene between the hollow-eyed little street peddler and the dudish, overbearing youth who had attacked him.
