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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 few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
AVALANCH
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From this reading SILAS HOCKINS, FROM AVALANCH, N. J.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
boy
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From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
Brazilian
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
checked
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
coming
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From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
countrified-looking
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From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
countryman
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
dark-featured
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
days
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From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
dressed
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
exclaimed
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
farmer
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
few
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From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading SILAS HOCKINS, FROM AVALANCH, N. J.
gaudy
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
good-naturedly
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From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
grasping
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
hand
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
HOCKINS
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From this reading SILAS HOCKINS, FROM AVALANCH, N. J.
I'll
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From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Waal, sonny, kin yeou tell me where Nassau Street is?”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
J
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From this reading SILAS HOCKINS, FROM AVALANCH, N. J.
Jack
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From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
kin
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From this reading “Waal, sonny, kin yeou tell me where Nassau Street is?”
man
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From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Waal, sonny, kin yeou tell me where Nassau Street is?”
N
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From this reading SILAS HOCKINS, FROM AVALANCH, N. J.
Nassau
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From this reading “Waal, sonny, kin yeou tell me where Nassau Street is?”
odor
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
Office
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From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
out
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From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
Post
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From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
said
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From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
scarf
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
SILAS
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From this reading SILAS HOCKINS, FROM AVALANCH, N. J.
sonny
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From this reading “Waal, sonny, kin yeou tell me where Nassau Street is?”
steer
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From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
stepped
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
Street
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From this reading “Waal, sonny, kin yeou tell me where Nassau Street is?”
strong
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
suit
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
sun-burned
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From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
sunstone
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
SurenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Waal, sonny, kin yeou tell me where Nassau Street is?”
Tenderloin
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
up
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From this reading But before the countryman could take a step, a dark-featured man, dressed in a checked suit, with a Brazilian sunstone in a gaudy scarf, and a strong odor of the Tenderloin about him, stepped up and, grasping the farmer by the hand, exclaimed:
Waal
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From this reading “Waal, sonny, kin yeou tell me where Nassau Street is?”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “Waal, sonny, kin yeou tell me where Nassau Street is?”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A few days after that, as Jack was coming out of the Post Office, he was stopped by a sun-burned, countrified-looking man, who said:
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
yeou
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From this reading “Waal, sonny, kin yeou tell me where Nassau Street is?”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Sure; come right along with me and I’ll steer you into it,” replied the boy, good-naturedly.
