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altogether
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From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
apiece
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From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The rest we were going to sell just like papers are sold in cities.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
backs
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From this reading It didn’t break our backs carrying to the post-office the copies we mailed to regular subscribers.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
blanks
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From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
boys
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break
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butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
called
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From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
carrying
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catch
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cents
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From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
cities
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From this reading The rest we were going to sell just like papers are sold in cities.
cooled
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From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
copies
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couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
day
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From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
didn't
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enough
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From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
fellow
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From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
five
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From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
fix
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From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
four
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From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
gave
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From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
going
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From this reading The rest we were going to sell just like papers are sold in cities.
got
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From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
hundred
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From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The rest we were going to sell just like papers are sold in cities.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It didn’t break our backs carrying to the post-office the copies we mailed to regular subscribers.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
just
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From this reading The rest we were going to sell just like papers are sold in cities.
like
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From this reading The rest we were going to sell just like papers are sold in cities.
longhand
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From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
mailed
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Mark
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From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
mended
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From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
most
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From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
off
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From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It didn’t break our backs carrying to the post-office the copies we mailed to regular subscribers.
out
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From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
papers
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From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
pocket
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post-office
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From this reading It didn’t break our backs carrying to the post-office the copies we mailed to regular subscribers.
print
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From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
reckless
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regular
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restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rest we were going to sell just like papers are sold in cities.
sell
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From this reading The rest we were going to sell just like papers are sold in cities.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
sold
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From this reading The rest we were going to sell just like papers are sold in cities.
subscribe
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From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
subscribers
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subscription
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From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
three
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From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
Tidd
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From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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toot
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From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
Trumpet
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From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
up
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From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
want
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From this reading We sold them for three cents apiece, and every fellow had subscription blanks in his pocket so if anybody got so reckless as to want to subscribe we could catch him before he cooled off.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It didn’t break our backs carrying to the post-office the copies we mailed to regular subscribers.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The rest we were going to sell just like papers are sold in cities.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
Wicksville
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From this reading Next day what Mark Tidd called the _mended_ Wicksville _Trumpet_ gave its first toot.
written
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From this reading The four of us boys could ’most have written out enough papers longhand to fix _them_ up, but we did print five hundred copies altogether.
