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17
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From this reading He was 17 years old and he hadn't grown cynical with the world yet.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
all
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From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
alley
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From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
banging
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
bathrobes
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
beating
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From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
blocks
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From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
brawling
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From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
bring
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
Chicago's
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From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
city
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
clean
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
convinced
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From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
cynical
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From this reading He was 17 years old and he hadn't grown cynical with the world yet.
damn
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
died
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From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
door
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
down
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
early
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
Earth
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From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
El
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
fresh
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
front
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
got
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
gotten
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
grown
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From this reading He was 17 years old and he hadn't grown cynical with the world yet.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
hadn't
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From this reading He was 17 years old and he hadn't grown cynical with the world yet.
hated
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From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
housewives
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
indoctrination
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From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
jumped
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From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
kick
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
liked
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
milk
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
nearly
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From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
off
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
old
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From this reading He was 17 years old and he hadn't grown cynical with the world yet.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
out
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
paper
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
past
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From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
Polish
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
ratty
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
section
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
Side
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From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
sleepy-eyed
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
smell
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From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
South
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From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
Spring
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
stockyards
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From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
stops
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He liked the clean, fresh smell of the early morning and he got a kick out of the sleepy-eyed housewives in their ratty bathrobes, banging open the front door to bring in the milk and the morning paper.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
two
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading They told him he hated Earth, beating him until he nearly died--for he must be convinced!...
up
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
wake
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
walk
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
walking
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From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
watch
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From this reading He had gotten off the "El" two stops down because it was a damn fine Spring morning and he liked to walk through the Polish section and watch the city wake up.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was all part of his indoctrination as a-- They jumped him when he was walking past an alley, a couple of blocks from the stockyards on Chicago's brawling South Side.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was 17 years old and he hadn't grown cynical with the world yet.
world
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From this reading He was 17 years old and he hadn't grown cynical with the world yet.
years
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From this reading He was 17 years old and he hadn't grown cynical with the world yet.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He was 17 years old and he hadn't grown cynical with the world yet.
