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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 Say, would you judge there was a specially foolish streak runnin' across town about there?
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Say, would you judge there was a specially foolish streak runnin' across town about there?
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Say, would you judge there was a specially foolish streak runnin' across town about there?
act
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From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN You know Forty-seventh Street and Broadway, the northwest corner?
AUNTIE
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From this reading WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN You know Forty-seventh Street and Broadway, the northwest corner?
Auntie's
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From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
blows
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
Broadway
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From this reading WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN You know Forty-seventh Street and Broadway, the northwest corner?
buried
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
corner
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From this reading WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN You know Forty-seventh Street and Broadway, the northwest corner?
cost
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
CRASHES
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credentials
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
don't
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From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
exactly
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From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
Florida
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
foolish
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From this reading Say, would you judge there was a specially foolish streak runnin' across town about there?
Forty-seventh
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From this reading WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN You know Forty-seventh Street and Broadway, the northwest corner?
freckle-faced
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
hunch
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From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN You know Forty-seventh Street and Broadway, the northwest corner?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
joke
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From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
judge
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From this reading Say, would you judge there was a specially foolish streak runnin' across town about there?
kidnappin
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From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN You know Forty-seventh Street and Broadway, the northwest corner?
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now, look.
more
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
northwest
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From this reading WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN You know Forty-seventh Street and Broadway, the northwest corner?
Now
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From this reading Now, look.
nowhere
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
only
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From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
pan-handler
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
park
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
parlornounUS /ˈpɑːrlər/
an old-fashioned sitting room
From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
particular
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
pirate
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
runnin
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From this reading Say, would you judge there was a specially foolish streak runnin' across town about there?
Say
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From this reading Say, would you judge there was a specially foolish streak runnin' across town about there?
see
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From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
specially
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From this reading Say, would you judge there was a specially foolish streak runnin' across town about there?
spot
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From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
streak
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From this reading Say, would you judge there was a specially foolish streak runnin' across town about there?
Street
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From this reading WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN You know Forty-seventh Street and Broadway, the northwest corner?
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
tells
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN You know Forty-seventh Street and Broadway, the northwest corner?
there
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From this reading Say, would you judge there was a specially foolish streak runnin' across town about there?
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
town
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From this reading Say, would you judge there was a specially foolish streak runnin' across town about there?
treasure
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Say, would you judge there was a specially foolish streak runnin' across town about there?
west
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN You know Forty-seventh Street and Broadway, the northwest corner?
why
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From this reading No, I don't see why there should be; only it was exactly on that spot I was struck by the hunch that this kidnappin' act of Auntie's was a joke.
wild
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From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Say, would you judge there was a specially foolish streak runnin' across town about there?
yarnnounUS /jɑrn/
an informal story or conversation
From this reading A freckle-faced parlor pirate with no more credentials than a park pan-handler blows in from nowhere particular, and tells a wild yarn about buried treasure on the west cost of Florida.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN You know Forty-seventh Street and Broadway, the northwest corner?
