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The American Credo
The American Credo

Chapter II

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Sec.79 That a member of the Masons cannot be hanged.
Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.
Sec.81 That the real President of the United States is J. P. Morgan.
Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.
Sec.83 That onion breath may be promptly removed by eating a little parsley.
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The American Credo

Chapter II

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Sec.79 That a member of the Masons cannot be hanged.
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Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.
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Sec.81 That the real President of the United States is J. P. Morgan.
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Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.
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Sec.83 That onion breath may be promptly removed by eating a little parsley.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.”

All words in this reading · 49

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79

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From this reading Sec.79 That a member of the Masons cannot be hanged.

80

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From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

81

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From this reading Sec.81 That the real President of the United States is J. P. Morgan.

82

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From this reading Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.

83

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From this reading Sec.83 That onion breath may be promptly removed by eating a little parsley.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Sec.79 That a member of the Masons cannot be hanged.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Sec.79 That a member of the Masons cannot be hanged.

breath

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From this reading Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

cannot

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From this reading Sec.79 That a member of the Masons cannot be hanged.

drinking

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From this reading Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.

eat

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From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

eating

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From this reading Sec.83 That onion breath may be promptly removed by eating a little parsley.

fruit

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From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

gratis

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From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

hanged

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From this reading Sec.79 That a member of the Masons cannot be hanged.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Sec.81 That the real President of the United States is J. P. Morgan.

J

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From this reading Sec.81 That the real President of the United States is J. P. Morgan.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.

many

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From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

Masons

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From this reading Sec.79 That a member of the Masons cannot be hanged.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.

member

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From this reading Sec.79 That a member of the Masons cannot be hanged.

milk

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From this reading Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.

Morgan

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From this reading Sec.81 That the real President of the United States is J. P. Morgan.

much

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From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Sec.79 That a member of the Masons cannot be hanged.

off

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From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

onion

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From this reading Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.

P

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From this reading Sec.81 That the real President of the United States is J. P. Morgan.

parsley

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From this reading Sec.83 That onion breath may be promptly removed by eating a little parsley.

peanuts

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From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

policeman

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From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

President

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From this reading Sec.81 That the real President of the United States is J. P. Morgan.

promptly

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From this reading Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.

real

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From this reading Sec.81 That the real President of the United States is J. P. Morgan.

removed

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From this reading Sec.82 That onion breath may be promptly removed by drinking a little milk.

Sec

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From this reading Sec.79 That a member of the Masons cannot be hanged.

stands

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From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

States

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From this reading Sec.81 That the real President of the United States is J. P. Morgan.

street-corner

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From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Sec.79 That a member of the Masons cannot be hanged.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Sec.79 That a member of the Masons cannot be hanged.

United

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From this reading Sec.81 That the real President of the United States is J. P. Morgan.

wants

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From this reading Sec.80 That a policeman can eat _gratis_ as much fruit and as many peanuts off the street-corner stands as he wants.