adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Even a top sergeant candidly confessed, "Yes, I enlisted all right.
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Even a top sergeant candidly confessed, "Yes, I enlisted all right.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
backadverbUS /bæk/
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
breakingnounUS /ˈbreɪkɪŋ/
the act of breaking something
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, by God, I missed the right side by a long shot.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But, by God, I missed the right side by a long shot.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
can't
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From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
candidlyadverbUS /ˈkændɪdli/
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
From this reading Even a top sergeant candidly confessed, "Yes, I enlisted all right.
confessedverbUS /kənˈfest/
past form of “confess” — confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
From this reading Even a top sergeant candidly confessed, "Yes, I enlisted all right.
crowdverbUS /kraʊd/
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
damnadjectiveUS /dæm/
used as expletives
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
dearienoun
a special loved one
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
enlistedverbUS /ˌenˈlɪstɪd/
past form of “enlist” — join the military
From this reading Even a top sergeant candidly confessed, "Yes, I enlisted all right.
EvenadjectiveUS /ˈiːvɪn/
divisible by two
From this reading Even a top sergeant candidly confessed, "Yes, I enlisted all right.
fewadjectiveUS /fjuː/
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
GodnounUS /ɡɑːd/
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading But, by God, I missed the right side by a long shot.
gunnounUS /ɡʌn/
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Even a top sergeant candidly confessed, "Yes, I enlisted all right.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The majority of the soldiers spoke in much the same tenor.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
justadverbUS /dʒʌst/
and nothing more
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
lifetimenounUS /ˈlaɪftaɪm/
the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
likeverbUS /laɪk/
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading But, by God, I missed the right side by a long shot.
lousyadjectiveUS /ˈlaʊzi/
very bad
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
majoritynounUS /məˈdʒɔːrəti/
the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
From this reading The majority of the soldiers spoke in much the same tenor.
makeverbUS /meɪk/
engage in
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
missedadjectiveUS /mɪst/
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading But, by God, I missed the right side by a long shot.
monthsnounUS /mʌnθs/
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
muchadverbUS /mʌtʃ/
to a great degree or extent
From this reading The majority of the soldiers spoke in much the same tenor.
mulenounUS /mjuːl/
hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The majority of the soldiers spoke in much the same tenor.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
outfitnounUS /ˈaʊtfɪt/
any cohesive unit such as a military company
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
peacetimenounUS /ˈpiːstaɪm/
a period of time during which there is no war
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
rightadverbUS /raɪt/
precisely, exactly
From this reading Even a top sergeant candidly confessed, "Yes, I enlisted all right.
runningadjectiveUS /ˈrʌnɪŋ/
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading The majority of the soldiers spoke in much the same tenor.
sergeantnounUS /ˈsɑːrdʒənt/
any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
From this reading Even a top sergeant candidly confessed, "Yes, I enlisted all right.
shotnounUS /ʃɑːt/
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading But, by God, I missed the right side by a long shot.
sidenounUS /saɪd/
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading But, by God, I missed the right side by a long shot.
sierranounUS /siˈerə/
a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
soldiersnounUS /ˈsoʊldʒərz/
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading The majority of the soldiers spoke in much the same tenor.
spokenounUS /spoʊk/
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading The majority of the soldiers spoke in much the same tenor.
sweatingnounUS /ˈswetɪŋ/
the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
tenornounUS /ˈtenər/
the adult male singing voice above baritone
From this reading The majority of the soldiers spoke in much the same tenor.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The majority of the soldiers spoke in much the same tenor.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I wanted to.
topnounUS /tɑːp/
the upper part of anything
From this reading Even a top sergeant candidly confessed, "Yes, I enlisted all right.
wantedadjectiveUS /ˈwɔːntɪd/
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading I wanted to.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
YesnounUS /jes/
an affirmative
From this reading Even a top sergeant candidly confessed, "Yes, I enlisted all right.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What you can't make in a lifetime, sweating like a mule and breaking your back in peacetime, damn it all, you can make in a few months just running around the sierra with a gun on your back, but not with this crowd, dearie, not with this lousy outfit ...."
