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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 WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
affairs
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From this reading And it didn't need any jiggly message from the ouija board to tell that something important in the affairs of the Corrugated Trust might happen within the next few minutes.
aggregation
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From this reading Some aggregation, I'll say.
air
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From this reading You could almost feel it in the air.
almost
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From this reading You could almost feel it in the air.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
any
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Anyway
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
big
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From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
board
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call
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From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
chair
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
Corrugated
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couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading You could almost feel it in the air.
CURB
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From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
cut
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
didn't
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From this reading And it didn't need any jiggly message from the ouija board to tell that something important in the affairs of the Corrugated Trust might happen within the next few minutes.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
face
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
feel
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From this reading You could almost feel it in the air.
few
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
four
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From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And it didn't need any jiggly message from the ouija board to tell that something important in the affairs of the Corrugated Trust might happen within the next few minutes.
Gibraltar
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
GOT
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From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
GYPPED
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From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
happen
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Hickory
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
I'd
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
I'll
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From this reading Some aggregation, I'll say.
important
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From this reading And it didn't need any jiggly message from the ouija board to tell that something important in the affairs of the Corrugated Trust might happen within the next few minutes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
jiggly
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like
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
lookin
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
mahogany
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
message
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mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
minutes
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From this reading And it didn't need any jiggly message from the ouija board to tell that something important in the affairs of the Corrugated Trust might happen within the next few minutes.
more'n
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
Mr
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And it didn't need any jiggly message from the ouija board to tell that something important in the affairs of the Corrugated Trust might happen within the next few minutes.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And it didn't need any jiggly message from the ouija board to tell that something important in the affairs of the Corrugated Trust might happen within the next few minutes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
Old
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
ouija
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Piddie
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
planted
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
put
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
Robert
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
Rock
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
say
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From this reading Some aggregation, I'll say.
session
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From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
solid
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
Some
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From this reading Some aggregation, I'll say.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading And it didn't need any jiggly message from the ouija board to tell that something important in the affairs of the Corrugated Trust might happen within the next few minutes.
swing
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And it didn't need any jiggly message from the ouija board to tell that something important in the affairs of the Corrugated Trust might happen within the next few minutes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And it didn't need any jiggly message from the ouija board to tell that something important in the affairs of the Corrugated Trust might happen within the next few minutes.
that's
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
there
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And it didn't need any jiggly message from the ouija board to tell that something important in the affairs of the Corrugated Trust might happen within the next few minutes.
Trust
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From this reading And it didn't need any jiggly message from the ouija board to tell that something important in the affairs of the Corrugated Trust might happen within the next few minutes.
two-tone
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
way
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From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Anyway, that's the way I'd put it; for besides Old Hickory, planted solid in his mahogany swing chair with his face lookin' more'n ever like a two-tone cut of the Rock of Gibraltar, there was Mr. Robert, and Piddie and me.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading And it didn't need any jiggly message from the ouija board to tell that something important in the affairs of the Corrugated Trust might happen within the next few minutes.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading WHEN THE CURB GOT GYPPED It was what you might call a session of the big four.
