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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 STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
arm
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
back
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
BATTLE
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
chances
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From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
clutched
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
dash
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
desperate
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From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
Don't
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
down
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
dragging
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
drop
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
exploded
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
extension
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
feebly
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From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
floor
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
flung
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From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
game
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From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
goofy
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From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
got
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
Hawkins
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From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
Hey
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
horrified
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From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
it's
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
lay
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
leg
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
made
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
man
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From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
neck
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
o
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From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
off
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
other
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From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
perhaps
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From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
Perk
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
really
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From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
reckless
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
roof
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room
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
Say
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From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
scornfully
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From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
SET
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
sheer
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
Simeon
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
sort
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From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
STAGE
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
stories
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
struggled
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From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
stuff
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The other struggled but feebly perhaps he was really horrified at the desperate chances he had been about to take.
try
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From this reading “Say, you must be goofy, Hawkins, to try that sort o’ game!”
two
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
way
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
wild
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From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
wretched
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From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
writhed
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From this reading Perk went on scornfully, as the wretched man writhed on the floor where he had flung him.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE STAGE SET FOR BATTLE “Hey! you, lay off that stuff!” was the way Perk exploded, even as he made a wild dash across the floor, and clutched the reckless Simeon by the arm, dragging him back into the room by sheer strength.
you'd
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From this reading “Don’t you know it’s two stories down to the roof o’ that extension; an’ chances are you’d a got a broken neck, or leg, in the drop.
