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Wolfville Nights
Wolfville Nights

Chapter VIII

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Tom and Jerry; Wheelers.
"Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.
Which I'd be aheap loath to count the numbers them two attribootes harries to the tomb.
Why, son, it's them sentiments that kills off my two wheel mules, Tom an' Jerry."
The Old Cattleman appeared to be on the verge of abstract discussion.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Wolfville Nights

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Tom and Jerry; Wheelers.
Line 2
"Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.
Line 3
Which I'd be aheap loath to count the numbers them two attribootes harries to the tomb.
Line 4
Why, son, it's them sentiments that kills off my two wheel mules, Tom an' Jerry."
Line 5
The Old Cattleman appeared to be on the verge of abstract discussion.
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a-way

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From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

abstract

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From this reading The Old Cattleman appeared to be on the verge of abstract discussion.

aheap

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From this reading Which I'd be aheap loath to count the numbers them two attribootes harries to the tomb.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Why, son, it's them sentiments that kills off my two wheel mules, Tom an' Jerry."

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Tom and Jerry; Wheelers.

appeared

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From this reading The Old Cattleman appeared to be on the verge of abstract discussion.

attribootes

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From this reading Which I'd be aheap loath to count the numbers them two attribootes harries to the tomb.

bad

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From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Which I'd be aheap loath to count the numbers them two attribootes harries to the tomb.

Cattleman

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From this reading The Old Cattleman appeared to be on the verge of abstract discussion.

count

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From this reading Which I'd be aheap loath to count the numbers them two attribootes harries to the tomb.

discussion

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From this reading The Old Cattleman appeared to be on the verge of abstract discussion.

em

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From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

excess

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From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

folks

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harries

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I'd

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From this reading Which I'd be aheap loath to count the numbers them two attribootes harries to the tomb.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

it's

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From this reading Why, son, it's them sentiments that kills off my two wheel mules, Tom an' Jerry."

Jerry

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From this reading Tom and Jerry; Wheelers.

kills

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From this reading Why, son, it's them sentiments that kills off my two wheel mules, Tom an' Jerry."

loath

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From this reading Which I'd be aheap loath to count the numbers them two attribootes harries to the tomb.

love

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From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

medicine

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From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

mules

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From this reading Why, son, it's them sentiments that kills off my two wheel mules, Tom an' Jerry."

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Why, son, it's them sentiments that kills off my two wheel mules, Tom an' Jerry."

numbers

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From this reading Which I'd be aheap loath to count the numbers them two attribootes harries to the tomb.

Obstinacy

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From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Old Cattleman appeared to be on the verge of abstract discussion.

off

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From this reading Why, son, it's them sentiments that kills off my two wheel mules, Tom an' Jerry."

Old

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From this reading The Old Cattleman appeared to be on the verge of abstract discussion.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The Old Cattleman appeared to be on the verge of abstract discussion.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

pushes

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From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

sentiments

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From this reading Why, son, it's them sentiments that kills off my two wheel mules, Tom an' Jerry."

shore

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From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

son

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From this reading Why, son, it's them sentiments that kills off my two wheel mules, Tom an' Jerry."

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Which I'd be aheap loath to count the numbers them two attribootes harries to the tomb.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Which I'd be aheap loath to count the numbers them two attribootes harries to the tomb.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

Tom

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From this reading Tom and Jerry; Wheelers.

tomb

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two

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verge

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From this reading The Old Cattleman appeared to be on the verge of abstract discussion.

wheel

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From this reading Why, son, it's them sentiments that kills off my two wheel mules, Tom an' Jerry."

Wheelers

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From this reading Tom and Jerry; Wheelers.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading "Obstinacy or love, that a-way, when folks pushes 'em to excess, is shore bad medicine.

WhichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Which I'd be aheap loath to count the numbers them two attribootes harries to the tomb.

Why

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From this reading Why, son, it's them sentiments that kills off my two wheel mules, Tom an' Jerry."