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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 “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
aguardiente
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
all
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
anyonepronounUS /ˈeniwʌn/
any person at all
From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
Beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
business
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From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
code
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
cot
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From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
elbows
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
fingers
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
Goodwin
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From this reading Goodwin opened two more letters, and made memoranda in pencil on them.
hard
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From this reading I’m not putting on the screws hard.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
honour
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
I'd
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
I'm
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From this reading I’m not putting on the screws hard.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Goodwin opened two more letters, and made memoranda in pencil on them.
incident
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From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
kicked
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
letters
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From this reading Goodwin opened two more letters, and made memoranda in pencil on them.
made
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From this reading Goodwin opened two more letters, and made memoranda in pencil on them.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
memoranda
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From this reading Goodwin opened two more letters, and made memoranda in pencil on them.
mentioned
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From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
more
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From this reading Goodwin opened two more letters, and made memoranda in pencil on them.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
mother's
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I’m not putting on the screws hard.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I’m not putting on the screws hard.
opened
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From this reading Goodwin opened two more letters, and made memoranda in pencil on them.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
out
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
pencil
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From this reading Goodwin opened two more letters, and made memoranda in pencil on them.
prayer-book
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
putting
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From this reading I’m not putting on the screws hard.
saloon
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
screws
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From this reading I’m not putting on the screws hard.
seeing
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From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
sell
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
slept
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From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Goodwin opened two more letters, and made memoranda in pencil on them.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
thousand
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From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
three
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From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Being a gentleman at that time, of course, I never mentioned the incident to anyone.
two
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From this reading Goodwin opened two more letters, and made memoranda in pencil on them.
up
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From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But this morning I was kicked out of a saloon, my code of honour is all out at the elbows, and I’d sell my mother’s prayer-book for three fingers of _aguardiente_.
whole
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From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
worth
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From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It ought to be worth a thousand to you for me to have slept on that cot through the whole business without waking up and seeing anything.”
