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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 I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
all
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
Angil
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From this reading Twas _bad_ even thin whin I was the Angil av Peace.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "I talked to me ould non-coms--_they_ was sober--an' betune me an' thim we wore the draf' over into their tents at the proper time.
av
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
bad
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From this reading Twas _bad_ even thin whin I was the Angil av Peace.
Barney
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
bate
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
bazar
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
betune
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From this reading "I talked to me ould non-coms--_they_ was sober--an' betune me an' thim we wore the draf' over into their tents at the proper time.
bhoys
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
camp
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From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
days
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
draf
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From this reading "I talked to me ould non-coms--_they_ was sober--an' betune me an' thim we wore the draf' over into their tents at the proper time.
drrrawin
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
em
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
employ
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
enough
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From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Twas _bad_ even thin whin I was the Angil av Peace.
excipt
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
eye
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
fit
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five
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
gin'rally
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glad
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
income
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
inthrojuced
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From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
ivry
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From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
kept
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
knockin
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
lies
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
like
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
man
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From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
match
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
mysilf
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From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
non-coms
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From this reading "I talked to me ould non-coms--_they_ was sober--an' betune me an' thim we wore the draf' over into their tents at the proper time.
nonsinse
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
nose
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
ould
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
out
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From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "I talked to me ould non-coms--_they_ was sober--an' betune me an' thim we wore the draf' over into their tents at the proper time.
own
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
Peace
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From this reading Twas _bad_ even thin whin I was the Angil av Peace.
Peg
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
privit
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
proper
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From this reading "I talked to me ould non-coms--_they_ was sober--an' betune me an' thim we wore the draf' over into their tents at the proper time.
Quane's
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
quiet
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
remimber
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From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
room
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
roun
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
round
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
see
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
shtories
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
shuk
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
soberadjectiveUS /ˈsoʊbər/
not affected by alcohol
From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
some
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
talked
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From this reading "I talked to me ould non-coms--_they_ was sober--an' betune me an' thim we wore the draf' over into their tents at the proper time.
tents
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From this reading "I talked to me ould non-coms--_they_ was sober--an' betune me an' thim we wore the draf' over into their tents at the proper time.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "I talked to me ould non-coms--_they_ was sober--an' betune me an' thim we wore the draf' over into their tents at the proper time.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
thim
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Twas _bad_ even thin whin I was the Angil av Peace.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I talked to me ould non-coms--_they_ was sober--an' betune me an' thim we wore the draf' over into their tents at the proper time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
tomata
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
tould
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
Twas
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From this reading Twas _bad_ even thin whin I was the Angil av Peace.
wan
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From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me--all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
way
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From this reading They come round me an' shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an' a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an' me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an' another, knockin' roun' the camp.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "I talked to me ould non-coms--_they_ was sober--an' betune me an' thim we wore the draf' over into their tents at the proper time.
whin
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From this reading Twas _bad_ even thin whin I was the Angil av Peace.
Wid
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From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
wint
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From this reading "Wid that I wint out into the camp an' inthrojuced mysilf to ivry man sober enough to remimber me.
wore
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From this reading "I talked to me ould non-coms--_they_ was sober--an' betune me an' thim we wore the draf' over into their tents at the proper time.
