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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 nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
ads
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From this reading The ads that Joe tears off deals with inventions.
advertisements
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
all
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
America
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
any
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
August
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
bein
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
Bell
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
best
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
better
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
brains
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
bucks
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
claimin
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
days
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
deals
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From this reading The ads that Joe tears off deals with inventions.
discovered
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
Edison
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
eggs
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
em
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
flooded
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
forty
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
friend
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
Fulton
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
gang
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
gets
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
hadn't
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
ham
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
Higgins
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
invented
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
inventions
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From this reading The ads that Joe tears off deals with inventions.
ISauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading LIFE IS REEL!
Joe
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July
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
known
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
less
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
LIFEnounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LIFE IS REEL!
made
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
man
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
Marconi
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
million
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
nation
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
nickel
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
off
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From this reading The ads that Joe tears off deals with inventions.
one-thirty
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
prob'ly
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
purposes
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
REEL
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From this reading LIFE IS REEL!
Saturday
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
September
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
shows
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
six
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
somethin
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
sucker
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
tears
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From this reading The ads that Joe tears off deals with inventions.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
thinkin
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
thousand
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
to-day
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
twenty
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
used
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
white
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
works
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
wouldn't
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From this reading He shows that Edison prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over a million, if he hadn't discovered everything but America, and that Bell, Marconi, Fulton and that gang, wouldn't of been any better known to-day than ham and eggs, if they hadn't used their brains for purposes of thinkin' and invented somethin'.
wrote
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From this reading The best of 'em is wrote by a friend of mine, Joe Higgins, who gets all of twenty bucks every Saturday at six--one-thirty in July, August and September.
year
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From this reading The nation is bein' flooded these days with advertisements claimin' that any white man which works for less than forty thousand bucks a year is a sucker.
