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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 In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
advertising
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From this reading He showed how much it would cost to run it a year, and how much it would have to be paid for advertising, and how much for subscriptions, and how many subscribers it would have to have to live at all.
all
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From this reading He showed how much it would cost to run it a year, and how much it would have to be paid for advertising, and how much for subscriptions, and how many subscribers it would have to have to live at all.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mark had written to everybody he could think of that would know about it, and got facts and figures, and set them right down in print where everybody could see.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was one Mark wrote about a daily newspaper such as Spragg was trying to get up.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He showed how much it would cost to run it a year, and how much it would have to be paid for advertising, and how much for subscriptions, and how many subscribers it would have to have to live at all.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He showed how much it would cost to run it a year, and how much it would have to be paid for advertising, and how much for subscriptions, and how many subscribers it would have to have to live at all.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
cost
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From this reading He showed how much it would cost to _start_ such a paper.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Mark had written to everybody he could think of that would know about it, and got facts and figures, and set them right down in print where everybody could see.
daily
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From this reading It was one Mark wrote about a daily newspaper such as Spragg was trying to get up.
down
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From this reading Mark had written to everybody he could think of that would know about it, and got facts and figures, and set them right down in print where everybody could see.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
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facts
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figures
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He showed how much it would cost to run it a year, and how much it would have to be paid for advertising, and how much for subscriptions, and how many subscribers it would have to have to live at all.
get
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got
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mark had written to everybody he could think of that would know about it, and got facts and figures, and set them right down in print where everybody could see.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He showed how much it would cost to run it a year, and how much it would have to be paid for advertising, and how much for subscriptions, and how many subscribers it would have to have to live at all.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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how
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From this reading He showed how much it would cost to _start_ such a paper.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
interesting
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From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was one Mark wrote about a daily newspaper such as Spragg was trying to get up.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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live
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lot
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many
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Mark
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much
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From this reading He showed how much it would cost to _start_ such a paper.
newspaper
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From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was one Mark wrote about a daily newspaper such as Spragg was trying to get up.
paid
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From this reading He showed how much it would cost to run it a year, and how much it would have to be paid for advertising, and how much for subscriptions, and how many subscribers it would have to have to live at all.
paper
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From this reading He showed how much it would cost to _start_ such a paper.
people
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From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
piece
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From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
print
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From this reading Mark had written to everybody he could think of that would know about it, and got facts and figures, and set them right down in print where everybody could see.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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Rock
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From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
run
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From this reading He showed how much it would cost to run it a year, and how much it would have to be paid for advertising, and how much for subscriptions, and how many subscribers it would have to have to live at all.
see
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set
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showed
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From this reading He showed how much it would cost to _start_ such a paper.
Spragg
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From this reading It was one Mark wrote about a daily newspaper such as Spragg was trying to get up.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He showed how much it would cost to _start_ such a paper.
subscribers
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From this reading He showed how much it would cost to run it a year, and how much it would have to be paid for advertising, and how much for subscriptions, and how many subscribers it would have to have to live at all.
subscriptions
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From this reading He showed how much it would cost to run it a year, and how much it would have to be paid for advertising, and how much for subscriptions, and how many subscribers it would have to have to live at all.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was one Mark wrote about a daily newspaper such as Spragg was trying to get up.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Mark had written to everybody he could think of that would know about it, and got facts and figures, and set them right down in print where everybody could see.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mark had written to everybody he could think of that would know about it, and got facts and figures, and set them right down in print where everybody could see.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
trying
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From this reading It was one Mark wrote about a daily newspaper such as Spragg was trying to get up.
up
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From this reading It was one Mark wrote about a daily newspaper such as Spragg was trying to get up.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the newspaper was another piece that was interesting to a lot of people, besides the piece about Rock.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Mark had written to everybody he could think of that would know about it, and got facts and figures, and set them right down in print where everybody could see.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Mark had written to everybody he could think of that would know about it, and got facts and figures, and set them right down in print where everybody could see.
written
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From this reading Mark had written to everybody he could think of that would know about it, and got facts and figures, and set them right down in print where everybody could see.
wrote
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From this reading It was one Mark wrote about a daily newspaper such as Spragg was trying to get up.
year
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From this reading He showed how much it would cost to run it a year, and how much it would have to be paid for advertising, and how much for subscriptions, and how many subscribers it would have to have to live at all.
