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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 There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
addressed
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
American
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From this reading Now so far the things that had been done to me by the world of American Journalism had been of a mocking nature.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
Appeal
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
Beef
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Now so far the things that had been done to me by the world of American Journalism had been of a mocking nature.
believed
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From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
broadsidenounUS /ˈbroadside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
came
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
Chicago
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
Collier
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
concealed
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
copies
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From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
dealing
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
defeated
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From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
distributed
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From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
district
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From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
dollars
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now so far the things that had been done to me by the world of American Journalism had been of a mocking nature.
far
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From this reading Now so far the things that had been done to me by the world of American Journalism had been of a mocking nature.
five
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
genius
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From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
guy
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From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
home
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
hundred
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
Journalism
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From this reading Now so far the things that had been done to me by the world of American Journalism had been of a mocking nature.
Jungle
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
kept
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From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
live
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
lived
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
making
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From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
million
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
mocking
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From this reading Now so far the things that had been done to me by the world of American Journalism had been of a mocking nature.
nature
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From this reading Now so far the things that had been done to me by the world of American Journalism had been of a mocking nature.
noise
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From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
novel
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
Now
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From this reading Now so far the things that had been done to me by the world of American Journalism had been of a mocking nature.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
offered
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
out
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
Packingtown
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
Peter
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
poet
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From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
preciousadjectiveUS /ˈpreʃəs/
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
Reason
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
seven
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
Socialists
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From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
sort
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From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
Stockyards
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From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
strike
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
strikers
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
subscribers
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
taken
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From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now so far the things that had been done to me by the world of American Journalism had been of a mocking nature.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
There
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
things
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From this reading Now so far the things that had been done to me by the world of American Journalism had been of a mocking nature.
thirty
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From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
thousand
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From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
Trust
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
truth
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
trying
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
up
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From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
very
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From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
wage-slaves
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
weeks
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading This broadside was taken up by the Socialists of the Stockyards district, and thirty thousand copies were distributed among the defeated strikers.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
workers
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From this reading The “Appeal to Reason” offered me five hundred dollars to live on while I wrote a novel dealing with the life of those wage-slaves of the Beef Trust; so I went to Packingtown, and lived for seven weeks among the workers, and came home again and wrote “The Jungle.”
world
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From this reading Now so far the things that had been done to me by the world of American Journalism had been of a mocking nature.
wrote
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From this reading There was a strike of the wage-slaves of the Beef Trust in Chicago, and I wrote for the “Appeal to Reason” a broadside addressed to these strikers, trying to point out to them the truth which Peter Collier had concealed from his precious half million subscribers.
young
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From this reading I had been a sort of “guy”; a young poet—very young—who believed that he had “genius,” and kept making a noise about it.
