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1905
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From this reading Published September, 1905.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial Wild Oats My First Literary Venture I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
age
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andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial Wild Oats My First Literary Venture I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
aspiring
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From this reading I was a printer's "devil," and a progressive and aspiring one.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
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child
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community
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From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
devil
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From this reading I was a printer's "devil," and a progressive and aspiring one.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
Editorial
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From this reading +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial Wild Oats My First Literary Venture I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial Wild Oats My First Literary Venture I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial Wild Oats My First Literary Venture I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
indeed
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From this reading It did, indeed, and I was very proud of it, too.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
Literary
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From this reading +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial Wild Oats My First Literary Venture I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
most
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From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
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newspaper
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From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
Oats
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial Wild Oats My First Literary Venture I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I was a printer's "devil," and a progressive and aspiring one.
printer's
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From this reading I was a printer's "devil," and a progressive and aspiring one.
progressive
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From this reading I was a printer's "devil," and a progressive and aspiring one.
proud
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From this reading It did, indeed, and I was very proud of it, too.
Published
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From this reading Published September, 1905.
scribbling
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From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
sensation
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From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
September
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From this reading Published September, 1905.
smart
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stirred
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From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial Wild Oats My First Literary Venture I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
then
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From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
thirteen
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thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial Wild Oats My First Literary Venture I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial Wild Oats My First Literary Venture I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
too
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From this reading It did, indeed, and I was very proud of it, too.
unexpectedly
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From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
unusually
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up
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From this reading It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the community.
Venture
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very
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From this reading +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial Wild Oats My First Literary Venture I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial Wild Oats My First Literary Venture I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
Wild
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From this reading +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial Wild Oats My First Literary Venture I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
