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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 CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
all
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
always
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
Atkins
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
author
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
boss
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
Bowles
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
breakfast
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
busied
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
CALL
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
came
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
Certainly
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
chivalry
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
chopping
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
chose
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
Chula
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From this reading But when he had let it pass, and started off for Chula Vista, it was cloudy in the south for Bowles.
cloudy
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From this reading But when he had let it pass, and started off for Chula Vista, it was cloudy in the south for Bowles.
complaint
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
comradesnounUS /ˈkɑːmrædz/
people who share difficult work or danger, especially soldiers
From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
contrary
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
cook
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
crime
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
defined
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
dog
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
down
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
early
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
exponent
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
fake
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
far
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
fight
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
finally
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
frown
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
gaze
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
Gloomy
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
Gus
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
Hardy
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
Henry
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
high
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
human
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
illustrious
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
ingratiating
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
innocent
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
insult
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
intended
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
inveigling
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
laboring
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
Lee
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading But when he had let it pass, and started off for Chula Vista, it was cloudy in the south for Bowles.
miss-fire
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
mistake
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
more
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
nature
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
night
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
off
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From this reading But when he had let it pass, and started off for Chula Vista, it was cloudy in the south for Bowles.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
out
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
packing
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
pass
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From this reading But when he had let it pass, and started off for Chula Vista, it was cloudy in the south for Bowles.
persuaded
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
principles
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
prompts
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
reason
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
regrettable
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
report
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
result
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
revenge
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
similar
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
some
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From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
south
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From this reading But when he had let it pass, and started off for Chula Vista, it was cloudy in the south for Bowles.
Southern
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
started
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From this reading But when he had let it pass, and started off for Chula Vista, it was cloudy in the south for Bowles.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
tasks
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
tendency
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
Then
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
There
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
very
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
Vista
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From this reading But when he had let it pass, and started off for Chula Vista, it was cloudy in the south for Bowles.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
water
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
well
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From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A CALL There is a regrettable but very well defined tendency in human nature which prompts the author of a miss-fire revenge to take it out on the dog.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
wood
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From this reading Then they had busied themselves in the early morning with chopping wood and packing water, and similar ingratiating tasks, with the result that, when Henry Lee came down after breakfast, there was no complaint from anybody.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
years
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From this reading After laboring far into the night they had finally persuaded the cook that it was all a mistake; that no insult was intended to his years; and that it would be contrary to those high principles of Southern chivalry of which he had always been such an illustrious exponent to report the fake fight to the boss.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Certainly there was no more innocent party to the inveigling of Gloomy Gus than Bowles, and yet for some reason Hardy Atkins and his comrades in crime chose to gaze upon him with a frown.
