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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 He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
admired
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From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
answers
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From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
associating
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From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
Brace
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From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
breakfast
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
couldn't
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From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
curiosity
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From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
days
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From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
dinner
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
Dummy
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From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
Dunlap
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From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
go
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From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
goo-gooing
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From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
got
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From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
hog
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
hominy
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
kept
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
knowed
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
loaded
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
made
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From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
more
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
much
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From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
neighbors
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From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
pencil
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From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
people
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From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
piece
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From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
popular
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From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
powerful
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From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
prob'ly
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From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
proud
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From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
questions
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From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
rattling
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From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
read
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From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
romantic
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
satisfied
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From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
sight
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From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
signs
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From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
slate
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From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
staring
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
supper
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
there
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From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
three
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From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
tired
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
toted
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From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
two
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From this reading In the next two or three days Dummy he got to be powerful popular.
uncommon
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His signs warn’t no good; people couldn’t understand them and he prob’ly couldn’t himself, but he done a sight of goo-gooing, and so everybody was satisfied, and admired to hear him go it.
up
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
warn't
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
wishing
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He went associating around with the neighbors, and they made much of him, and was proud to have such a rattling curiosity among them.
wondering
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From this reading They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn’t ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
writing
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From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
wrote
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From this reading He toted a piece of slate around, and a pencil; and people wrote questions on it and he wrote answers; but there warn’t anybody could read his writing but Brace Dunlap.
