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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 Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
all
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
Atkins
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “You can be shiftless evenin’s, Dad,” he said, “but daytimes you got to be a business man.
business
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From this reading “You can be shiftless evenin’s, Dad,” he said, “but daytimes you got to be a business man.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But every time Catty saw his father make a move he was right at his heels.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “You can be shiftless evenin’s, Dad,” he said, “but daytimes you got to be a business man.
Catty
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
country
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
Dad
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From this reading “You can be shiftless evenin’s, Dad,” he said, “but daytimes you got to be a business man.
day
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
daytimes
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From this reading “You can be shiftless evenin’s, Dad,” he said, “but daytimes you got to be a business man.
didn't
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
down
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
evenin's
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From this reading “You can be shiftless evenin’s, Dad,” he said, “but daytimes you got to be a business man.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading But every time Catty saw his father make a move he was right at his heels.
father
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
furniture
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
got
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From this reading “You can be shiftless evenin’s, Dad,” he said, “but daytimes you got to be a business man.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
hard
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From this reading It’s jest startin’ in that’s hard.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
head
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
heels
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From this reading But every time Catty saw his father make a move he was right at his heels.
held
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
hiking
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It’s jest startin’ in that’s hard.
interested
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
It's
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From this reading It’s jest startin’ in that’s hard.
jest
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From this reading It’s jest startin’ in that’s hard.
job
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
just
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
keep
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
like
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
lot
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
lying
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
made
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But every time Catty saw his father make a move he was right at his heels.
man
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From this reading “You can be shiftless evenin’s, Dad,” he said, “but daytimes you got to be a business man.
month
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
move
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From this reading But every time Catty saw his father make a move he was right at his heels.
moved
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
much
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
off
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
out
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
profits
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But every time Catty saw his father make a move he was right at his heels.
said
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From this reading “You can be shiftless evenin’s, Dad,” he said, “but daytimes you got to be a business man.
saw
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From this reading But every time Catty saw his father make a move he was right at his heels.
seem
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
sharp
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
shiftless
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From this reading “You can be shiftless evenin’s, Dad,” he said, “but daytimes you got to be a business man.
sighed
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
somewheres
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
startin
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From this reading It’s jest startin’ in that’s hard.
stock
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
store
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
that's
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From this reading It’s jest startin’ in that’s hard.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
there
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
very
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
warehouse-painting
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
wasn't
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From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
watch
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From this reading Mr. Atkins didn’t seem like he was very interested, and sighed a lot and held his head, and Catty had to watch him sharp to keep him from just hiking off into the country and lying down somewheres for a day at a time.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the first of the month Catty and his father moved into the little store; all the profits they made out of the warehouse-painting job went into furniture and stock for the store, and there wasn’t much stock.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You can be shiftless evenin’s, Dad,” he said, “but daytimes you got to be a business man.
