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Just Folks

Chapter VI

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The Other Fellow Whose luck is better far than ours?
The other fellow's.
Whose road seems always lined with flowers?
The other fellow's.
Who is the man who seems to get Most joy in life, with least regret, Who always seems to win his bet?
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Just Folks

Chapter VI

Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The Other Fellow Whose luck is better far than ours?
Line 2
The other fellow's.
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Whose road seems always lined with flowers?
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The other fellow's.
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Who is the man who seems to get Most joy in life, with least regret, Who always seems to win his bet?

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Least noun US /least/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Who is the man who seems to get Most joy in life, with least regret, Who always seems to win his bet?”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Who is the man who seems to get Most joy in life, with least regret, Who always seems to win his bet?”

Ours pronoun US /ˈaʊərz/

the one or ones belonging to us

From this reading “The Other Fellow Whose luck is better far than ours?”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “The Other Fellow Whose luck is better far than ours?”

All words in this reading · 30

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always

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bet

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better

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far

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Fellow

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fellow's

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From this reading The other fellow's.

flowers

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get

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From this reading Who is the man who seems to get Most joy in life, with least regret, Who always seems to win his bet?

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Who is the man who seems to get Most joy in life, with least regret, Who always seems to win his bet?

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Who is the man who seems to get Most joy in life, with least regret, Who always seems to win his bet?

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The Other Fellow Whose luck is better far than ours?

joy

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From this reading Who is the man who seems to get Most joy in life, with least regret, Who always seems to win his bet?

leastnounUS /least/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Who is the man who seems to get Most joy in life, with least regret, Who always seems to win his bet?

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Who is the man who seems to get Most joy in life, with least regret, Who always seems to win his bet?

lined

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luck

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From this reading The Other Fellow Whose luck is better far than ours?

man

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Most

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Other

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From this reading The Other Fellow Whose luck is better far than ours?

ourspronounUS /ˈaʊərz/

the one or ones belonging to us

From this reading The Other Fellow Whose luck is better far than ours?

regret

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road

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seems

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thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The Other Fellow Whose luck is better far than ours?

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The Other Fellow Whose luck is better far than ours?

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Who is the man who seems to get Most joy in life, with least regret, Who always seems to win his bet?

WhopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Who is the man who seems to get Most joy in life, with least regret, Who always seems to win his bet?

WhosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading The Other Fellow Whose luck is better far than ours?

win

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From this reading Who is the man who seems to get Most joy in life, with least regret, Who always seems to win his bet?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Whose road seems always lined with flowers?