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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 THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
ad
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From this reading I think them ad writers was modest fellers.
admit
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From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
admitted
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
advertisin
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
ain't
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From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
average
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From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
back
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
bakery
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
bunk
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From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
college
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From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
country
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
don't
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From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
East
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
feelin's
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From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
fellers
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From this reading I think them ad writers was modest fellers.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
ghost
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From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
gonna
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From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
greatest
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
guy
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From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
haunted
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From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
house
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From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
hurrah
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
I'm
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From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
Kid
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
lot
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From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
matter
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From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
MEDIUM
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From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
modest
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From this reading I think them ad writers was modest fellers.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
off
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
plain
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From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
prohibition
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
promoters
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From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
prove
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From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
reason
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
ruin
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From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
say
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
Scanlan
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
showed
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
simple
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From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
somewheres
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
studies
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From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I think them ad writers was modest fellers.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
They's
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From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
things
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From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think them ad writers was modest fellers.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
UNHAPPY
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From this reading THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM They may be such a thing as a ghost, but I don't believe it!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
whole
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From this reading They's a whole lot of things which I look on as plain and simple bunk, that the average guy studies at college.
willin
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From this reading At the same time, I'm willin' to admit that my feelin's in the matter ain't gonna prove the ruin of the haunted house promoters.
world
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
writers
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From this reading I think them ad writers was modest fellers.
year
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From this reading But the reason I say they _may_ be, is because when me and Kid Scanlan come back East this year we stopped off somewheres in the hurrah for prohibition part of the country and was showed over what the advertisin' matter admitted to be the greatest bakery in the world.
