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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 Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
able
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From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
ANCHOR
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From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
antipodes
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From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
any
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
AnybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
assurance
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From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
awoke
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From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
blows
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From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
BRANT
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From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
camps
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
city
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
clearing
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
COMES
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From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
crazy
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From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
cursing
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From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
Denver
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From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
dominant
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From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
downtown
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From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
elsewhere
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From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
enemy
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
evident
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From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
excommunication
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From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
experiment
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From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
failure
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From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
fatuous
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From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
flight
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From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
flying
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From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
following
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From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
foolnounUS /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
hammered
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From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
Harding
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
HOME
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From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
house
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
idea
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From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
kept
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From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
known
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From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
lacking
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
later
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
lesson
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From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
merely
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
mining
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
object
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From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
other
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
out
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
outset
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From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
personal
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
pitiful
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From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
plain
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
pointed
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From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
put
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From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
said
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From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
sooner
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
story
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From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
wait
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From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
walk
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From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
way
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From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
WhateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Whatever he might be able to do with his life elsewhere, it was evident that the Denver experiment was a pitiful failure.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This he said, cursing the fatuous assurance which had kept him from flying to the antipodes at the outset.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE ANCHOR COMES HOME BRANT awoke on the morning following his excommunication with one idea dominant, and that pointed to flight.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Anybody but a crazy fool would have known that without having to wait for an object lesson; but, of course, I had to have it hammered into me with blows,” was the way he put it to himself on the walk downtown.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The city of the plain was merely a clearing house for the mining camps, and sooner or later his story would have found him out, lacking help from Harding or any other personal enemy.
