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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 When I see it was Mrs. Sampson's house, I gave forth a kind of yell, and I was there in two minutes.
all
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From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I jumped up and dressed and went out of the hotel to enjoy the scene.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading One night I was waked up by folks hollering "Fire!" all around.
barking
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading One night I was waked up by folks hollering "Fire!" all around.
canine
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
coming
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From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
dressed
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From this reading I jumped up and dressed and went out of the hotel to enjoy the scene.
enjoy
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From this reading I jumped up and dressed and went out of the hotel to enjoy the scene.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
feminine
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
Fire
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From this reading One night I was waked up by folks hollering "Fire!" all around.
firemen
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
flames
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
folks
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From this reading One night I was waked up by folks hollering "Fire!" all around.
forth
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From this reading When I see it was Mrs. Sampson's house, I gave forth a kind of yell, and I was there in two minutes.
gave
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From this reading When I see it was Mrs. Sampson's house, I gave forth a kind of yell, and I was there in two minutes.
getting
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
got
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From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
Herkimer
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From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
hollering
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From this reading One night I was waked up by folks hollering "Fire!" all around.
hotel
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From this reading I jumped up and dressed and went out of the hotel to enjoy the scene.
house
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From this reading When I see it was Mrs. Sampson's house, I gave forth a kind of yell, and I was there in two minutes.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When I see it was Mrs. Sampson's house, I gave forth a kind of yell, and I was there in two minutes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
jumped
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From this reading I jumped up and dressed and went out of the hotel to enjoy the scene.
kind
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From this reading When I see it was Mrs. Sampson's house, I gave forth a kind of yell, and I was there in two minutes.
later
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From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
lower
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
masculine
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
minutes
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From this reading When I see it was Mrs. Sampson's house, I gave forth a kind of yell, and I was there in two minutes.
Mrs
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From this reading When I see it was Mrs. Sampson's house, I gave forth a kind of yell, and I was there in two minutes.
night
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From this reading One night I was waked up by folks hollering "Fire!" all around.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One night I was waked up by folks hollering "Fire!" all around.
out
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From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
Rosa
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
Sampson's
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From this reading When I see it was Mrs. Sampson's house, I gave forth a kind of yell, and I was there in two minutes.
scene
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From this reading I jumped up and dressed and went out of the hotel to enjoy the scene.
screeching
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
see
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From this reading When I see it was Mrs. Sampson's house, I gave forth a kind of yell, and I was there in two minutes.
story
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I jumped up and dressed and went out of the hotel to enjoy the scene.
there
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From this reading When I see it was Mrs. Sampson's house, I gave forth a kind of yell, and I was there in two minutes.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
two
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From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
up
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From this reading One night I was waked up by folks hollering "Fire!" all around.
waked
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From this reading One night I was waked up by folks hollering "Fire!" all around.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
wasn't
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From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
way
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
weeks
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From this reading But it wasn't till two weeks later that I got all that was coming to me out of Herkimer.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I jumped up and dressed and went out of the hotel to enjoy the scene.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When I see it was Mrs. Sampson's house, I gave forth a kind of yell, and I was there in two minutes.
whole
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
yell
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From this reading When I see it was Mrs. Sampson's house, I gave forth a kind of yell, and I was there in two minutes.
yellow
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From this reading The whole lower story of the yellow house was in flames, and every masculine, feminine, and canine in Rosa was there, screeching and barking and getting in the way of the firemen.
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