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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
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actors
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all
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
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better
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boil
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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chorusnounUS /ˈkɔrəs/
a group singing together
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condensed
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criticisms
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diamonds
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down
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figures
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five
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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girls
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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husbands
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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ideas
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ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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inseparable
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jokes
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knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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ladies
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Leading
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like
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list
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long-haired
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madam
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mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
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newspaper
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nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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own
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padded
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Panhards
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paste
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people
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peroxide
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Pittsburg
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read
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Rialto
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somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
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stage
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stageland
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supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
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thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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touched
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tragedians
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weeklies
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weren't
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withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
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wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
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youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
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You've
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yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
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