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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 "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
account
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
all
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
assuredly
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From this reading "Yes, assuredly, _unless all those debts have been paid_."
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Yes, assuredly, _unless all those debts have been paid_."
bills
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
careless
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
carpenter
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From this reading "That's the very nail that I want you to hit," cried the carpenter.
clean
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
creditor
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That's the very nail that I want you to hit," cried the carpenter.
debtors
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
debts
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
die
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
effort
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
folks
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
forgiven
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From this reading "How are we to make sure that the debts _are_ all paid,--I mean, that God has forgiven us outright?
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
God
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "How are we to make sure that the debts _are_ all paid,--I mean, that God has forgiven us outright?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Yes, assuredly, _unless all those debts have been paid_."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
hit
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From this reading "That's the very nail that I want you to hit," cried the carpenter.
How
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From this reading "How are we to make sure that the debts _are_ all paid,--I mean, that God has forgiven us outright?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "That's the very nail that I want you to hit," cried the carpenter.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
keeps
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
like
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "How are we to make sure that the debts _are_ all paid,--I mean, that God has forgiven us outright?
mean
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From this reading "How are we to make sure that the debts _are_ all paid,--I mean, that God has forgiven us outright?
nail
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From this reading "That's the very nail that I want you to hit," cried the carpenter.
Now
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
old
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
outright
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From this reading "How are we to make sure that the debts _are_ all paid,--I mean, that God has forgiven us outright?
paid
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From this reading "Yes, assuredly, _unless all those debts have been paid_."
said
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
speak
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
Stone
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "How are we to make sure that the debts _are_ all paid,--I mean, that God has forgiven us outright?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
That's
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From this reading "That's the very nail that I want you to hit," cried the carpenter.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
there
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
they'd
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Yes, assuredly, _unless all those debts have been paid_."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
tone
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
unlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading "Yes, assuredly, _unless all those debts have been paid_."
up
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "How are we to make sure that the debts _are_ all paid,--I mean, that God has forgiven us outright?
usual
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From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
very
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From this reading "That's the very nail that I want you to hit," cried the carpenter.
want
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From this reading "That's the very nail that I want you to hit," cried the carpenter.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "How are we to make sure that the debts _are_ all paid,--I mean, that God has forgiven us outright?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
Yes
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From this reading "Yes, assuredly, _unless all those debts have been paid_."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Now, do you suppose," said Stone, with an effort to speak in his usual careless tone, "that God keeps an account like that, as a creditor with his debtors, and that when folks die there are all the old bills, as it were, brought up, even debts that they'd clean forgotten?"
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are you sure that _your_ debts are all paid?"
