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afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
all
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And, believe me, I was near it!
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
bein
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From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And, believe me, I was near it!
boost
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
boy
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From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
breath-takin
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From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
bright-eyed
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From this reading Nice, smooth-haired, bright-eyed youngster, with his ears all scoured out pink and his knickerbocker suit brushed neat.
brushed
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chair
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CLASS
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
Corrugated
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didn't
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dizzy
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
don't
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
down
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
ears
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From this reading Nice, smooth-haired, bright-eyed youngster, with his ears all scoured out pink and his knickerbocker suit brushed neat.
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
finds
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force
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
full
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
gen'ral
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
gettin
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
happened
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head
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nice, smooth-haired, bright-eyed youngster, with his ears all scoured out pink and his knickerbocker suit brushed neat.
hit
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
holdin
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And, believe me, I was near it!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
it's
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
jumped
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From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
knickerbocker
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From this reading Nice, smooth-haired, bright-eyed youngster, with his ears all scoured out pink and his knickerbocker suit brushed neat.
ladder
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
MAKES
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And, believe me, I was near it!
mornin
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
near
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From this reading And, believe me, I was near it!
neat
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From this reading Nice, smooth-haired, bright-eyed youngster, with his ears all scoured out pink and his knickerbocker suit brushed neat.
new
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Nice
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From this reading Nice, smooth-haired, bright-eyed youngster, with his ears all scoured out pink and his knickerbocker suit brushed neat.
nine
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o'clock
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
office
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From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
offices
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old
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
other
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
out
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From this reading Nice, smooth-haired, bright-eyed youngster, with his ears all scoured out pink and his knickerbocker suit brushed neat.
pink
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From this reading Nice, smooth-haired, bright-eyed youngster, with his ears all scoured out pink and his knickerbocker suit brushed neat.
private
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From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
providin
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
quick
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
rail
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
raw
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
recruit
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
Say
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
schedule
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
scoured
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From this reading Nice, smooth-haired, bright-eyed youngster, with his ears all scoured out pink and his knickerbocker suit brushed neat.
sec
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From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
see
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From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
SIR
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
smooth-haired
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From this reading Nice, smooth-haired, bright-eyed youngster, with his ears all scoured out pink and his knickerbocker suit brushed neat.
some
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From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
strolls
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From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
suit
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From this reading Nice, smooth-haired, bright-eyed youngster, with his ears all scoured out pink and his knickerbocker suit brushed neat.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
TORCHY
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
up
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From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And, believe me, I was near it!
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I expect the full force of what had happened didn't hit me until here the other mornin' when I strolls into the Corrugated gen'ral offices on the new nine o'clock schedule and finds this raw recruit holdin' down my old chair behind the rail.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nice, smooth-haired, bright-eyed youngster, with his ears all scoured out pink and his knickerbocker suit brushed neat.
yank
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From this reading You see, bein' jumped from office boy to private sec, all in one afternoon, was some breath-takin' yank.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS Say, it's all right, gettin' the quick boost up the ladder, providin' you don't let it make you dizzy in the head.
youngster
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From this reading Nice, smooth-haired, bright-eyed youngster, with his ears all scoured out pink and his knickerbocker suit brushed neat.
