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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 “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
ain't
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
Ajax
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From this reading There was Ajax, for example.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
argumentnounUS /ˈɑːrɡjəmənt/
a reason or example used to support an idea
From this reading He knows there ain’t no argument, but hopes I’ll find one.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
back
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From this reading Magpie hooks his spurs into the top of the table and leans back in his chair.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
bread
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
brush
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He knows there ain’t no argument, but hopes I’ll find one.
can't
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
chair
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From this reading Magpie hooks his spurs into the top of the table and leans back in his chair.
consists
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From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
example
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From this reading There was Ajax, for example.”
find
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From this reading He knows there ain’t no argument, but hopes I’ll find one.
folks
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was Ajax, for example.”
get
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
got
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
hamper
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He knows there ain’t no argument, but hopes I’ll find one.
head
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From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
hide
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Magpie hooks his spurs into the top of the table and leans back in his chair.
hooks
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From this reading Magpie hooks his spurs into the top of the table and leans back in his chair.
hopes
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From this reading He knows there ain’t no argument, but hopes I’ll find one.
Horse
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From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
I'll
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From this reading He knows there ain’t no argument, but hopes I’ll find one.
idiocy
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
Ike
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
initiative
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
It's
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
jug
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
knowing
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From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
knows
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From this reading He knows there ain’t no argument, but hopes I’ll find one.
leans
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From this reading Magpie hooks his spurs into the top of the table and leans back in his chair.
loaf
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
Magpie
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From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He knows there ain’t no argument, but hopes I’ll find one.
out
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
pile-driver
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From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
pound
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From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
referendum
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
says
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From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
school-teacher
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From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
sense
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From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
Simpkins
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From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
sort
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
spurs
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From this reading Magpie hooks his spurs into the top of the table and leans back in his chair.
table
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From this reading Magpie hooks his spurs into the top of the table and leans back in his chair.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
There
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From this reading There was Ajax, for example.”
top
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From this reading Magpie hooks his spurs into the top of the table and leans back in his chair.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was Ajax, for example.”
well
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
wine
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
won't
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From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It’s a sort of an initiative and referendum that books can’t tell you about, and if you ain’t got it, Ike, you might as well get you a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and hide out in the brush, where you won’t hamper folks with your idiocy.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Horse sense,” says “Magpie” Simpkins, “consists of knowing something that no school-teacher could pound into your head with a pile-driver.
