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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 "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
a-goingnounUS /ˈa-going/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Somebody ring the bell for me, because I'm a-going to get off."
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading "Somebody ring the bell for me, because I'm a-going to get off."
bell
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From this reading "Somebody ring the bell for me, because I'm a-going to get off."
big
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
billiard-table
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
bounded
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
broad
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
Cafe
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
came
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
chest
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
chuckled
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
deuce
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
dice
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
dimension
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
dollars
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From this reading There was a hundred dollars on the table and he gathered it up in a wad.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
exulted
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
eye
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
face
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
five
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Somebody ring the bell for me, because I'm a-going to get off."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
gathered
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From this reading There was a hundred dollars on the table and he gathered it up in a wad.
get
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From this reading "Somebody ring the bell for me, because I'm a-going to get off."
hand
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
http
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From this reading See http://www.
hundred
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From this reading There was a hundred dollars on the table and he gathered it up in a wad.
I'm
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From this reading "Somebody ring the bell for me, because I'm a-going to get off."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was a hundred dollars on the table and he gathered it up in a wad.
Jonathan
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
jovial
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
large
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
left-hand
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
Leiniger's
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
man
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Somebody ring the bell for me, because I'm a-going to get off."
natural
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
neighbor
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
off
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From this reading "Somebody ring the bell for me, because I'm a-going to get off."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was a hundred dollars on the table and he gathered it up in a wad.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
pink
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
plump
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
Reuben
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
ring
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From this reading "Somebody ring the bell for me, because I'm a-going to get off."
See
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From this reading See http://www.
Select
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
showing
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
SomebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading "Somebody ring the bell for me, because I'm a-going to get off."
table
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From this reading There was a hundred dollars on the table and he gathered it up in a wad.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
There
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From this reading There was a hundred dollars on the table and he gathered it up in a wad.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
up
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From this reading There was a hundred dollars on the table and he gathered it up in a wad.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
wad
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From this reading There was a hundred dollars on the table and he gathered it up in a wad.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
Wix
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From this reading "A natural again!" exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger's Select Cafe, with a five and a deuce showing.
www
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From this reading See http://www.
young
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From this reading He was a large young man in every dimension, broad of chest and big and pink of face and jovial of eye, and he chuckled as he passed the dice to his left-hand neighbor.
