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210
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
Ballinger
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From this reading But now here's Ballinger, our Western manager, in on the carpet, tryin' to explain why it can't be done.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The trouble seemed to be that one of his pet schemes was in danger of being ditched.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The trouble seemed to be that one of his pet schemes was in danger of being ditched.
blow
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
buildin
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
Building
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From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But now here's Ballinger, our Western manager, in on the carpet, tryin' to explain why it can't be done.
by-play
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
can't
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From this reading But now here's Ballinger, our Western manager, in on the carpet, tryin' to explain why it can't be done.
carpet
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From this reading But now here's Ballinger, our Western manager, in on the carpet, tryin' to explain why it can't be done.
case
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From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
collar-button
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
Corrugated
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From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
cylinder-head
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
danger
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From this reading The trouble seemed to be that one of his pet schemes was in danger of being ditched.
distributin
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
ditched
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From this reading The trouble seemed to be that one of his pet schemes was in danger of being ditched.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But now here's Ballinger, our Western manager, in on the carpet, tryin' to explain why it can't be done.
doped
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
durin
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
electric
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
estate
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
explain
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From this reading But now here's Ballinger, our Western manager, in on the carpet, tryin' to explain why it can't be done.
factories
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
few
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
floor
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From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
FOLLOWS
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From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
fuse
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
he'd
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
here's
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From this reading But now here's Ballinger, our Western manager, in on the carpet, tryin' to explain why it can't be done.
Hickory
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The trouble seemed to be that one of his pet schemes was in danger of being ditched.
HUNCH
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From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
hundred
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The trouble seemed to be that one of his pet schemes was in danger of being ditched.
includin
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
just
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
kind
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
local
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From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
manager
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From this reading But now here's Ballinger, our Western manager, in on the carpet, tryin' to explain why it can't be done.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
miles
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
minute
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
neck
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
now
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From this reading But now here's Ballinger, our Western manager, in on the carpet, tryin' to explain why it can't be done.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
Old
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The trouble seemed to be that one of his pet schemes was in danger of being ditched.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading But now here's Ballinger, our Western manager, in on the carpet, tryin' to explain why it can't be done.
out
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
pet
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From this reading The trouble seemed to be that one of his pet schemes was in danger of being ditched.
plantin
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
power
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
real
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
runnin
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
schemes
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From this reading The trouble seemed to be that one of his pet schemes was in danger of being ditched.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The trouble seemed to be that one of his pet schemes was in danger of being ditched.
seventeenth
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From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
simpler
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
Some
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
square
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
state
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
stunt
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
summer
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
tellin
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
temperature
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The trouble seemed to be that one of his pet schemes was in danger of being ditched.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
there
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From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
thirty
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
thunderstorms
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From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
TORCHY
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From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
trip
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
trolley
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
trouble
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From this reading The trouble seemed to be that one of his pet schemes was in danger of being ditched.
Trust
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From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
tryin
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From this reading But now here's Ballinger, our Western manager, in on the carpet, tryin' to explain why it can't be done.
twenty
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH It was a case of local thunderstorms on the seventeenth floor of the Corrugated Trust Building.
Western
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From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading To state it simpler, Old Hickory was runnin' a neck temperature of 210 or so, and there was no tellin' what minute he might fuse a collar-button or blow out a cylinder-head.
why
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From this reading But now here's Ballinger, our Western manager, in on the carpet, tryin' to explain why it can't be done.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Some kind of an electric power distributin' stunt it is, one that he'd doped out durin' a Western trip last summer; just a little by-play with a few hundred square miles of real estate, includin' the buildin' of twenty or thirty miles of trolley and plantin' a few factories here and there.
