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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 “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
added
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
again
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From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
all
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
began
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
BEGIN
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
best
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
blankets
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From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
cleared
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
clutched
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
common
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
crane
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
crawled
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From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
Dan
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
demanded
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
doesn't
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
driven
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From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
Elmer
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From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
fellows
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
frying-pan
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
get
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From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
grumbled
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
hang
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From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
happen
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From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
Harkness
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
hold
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
home
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From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
Honest
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
Injun
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
interrupted
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From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
iron
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
isn't
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From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
Jim
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
joking
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
Jones
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From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
just
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From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
little
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
look
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
nail
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From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
necks
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
nickel
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
ones
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
others
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
out
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
Peg
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
Phil
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
pocket
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
pole
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From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
quick
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
saw
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From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
saying
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
see
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
seems
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From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
sheet
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
shoulders
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
show
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
shrug
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
sign
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
stare
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
suddenly
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
Sunny
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
suspicion
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
tent
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From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
THINGS
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
think
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From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
true
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
turn
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
up
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
VANISH
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
vest
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
watch
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From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
what'll
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From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
why
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From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Honest Injun, the frying-pan has cleared out, and if it doesn’t turn up, why Sunny Jim and I will have to do the best we can with these common sheet iron ones,” Peg grumbled.
worst
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From this reading “And that isn’t the worst of it, either, because just think what’ll happen to _me_ when I get home again.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
you're
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From this reading THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH “Are you fellows joking, or is all you’re saying true?” demanded Phil Harkness; while the others began to crane their necks and stare at Dan and Peg.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “But Dan,” interrupted Elmer Jones, “seems to me that before we crawled into our blankets I saw you hang your watch on to that nail driven through the tent pole.”
yourselvespronounUS /jʊrˈselvz/
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading “And you can see for yourselves that my vest pocket doesn’t show a sign of my little nickel watch,” added Dan, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quick look around, as though a suspicion had suddenly clutched hold of him.
