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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 my efforts to get something done, I was like an animal in a cage.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the Condemned Meat Industry.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In my efforts to get something done, I was like an animal in a cage.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the atrocious conditions under which men, women and children were working in the Chicago stockyards.
animal
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From this reading In my efforts to get something done, I was like an animal in a cage.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
appealed
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From this reading I wrote letters to newspaper editors; I appealed to public men, I engaged an extra secretary and ran a regular publicity bureau in my home.
atrociousadjectiveUS /əˈtroʊʃəs/
shockingly wicked, cruel, or extremely bad
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the atrocious conditions under which men, women and children were working in the Chicago stockyards.
bar
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From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
bars
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From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
break
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From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
bureau
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From this reading I wrote letters to newspaper editors; I appealed to public men, I engaged an extra secretary and ran a regular publicity bureau in my home.
cage
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From this reading In my efforts to get something done, I was like an animal in a cage.
Chicago
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children
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Condemned
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From this reading I was determined to get something done about the Condemned Meat Industry.
conditions
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From this reading I was determined to get something done about the atrocious conditions under which men, women and children were working in the Chicago stockyards.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the Condemned Meat Industry.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the Condemned Meat Industry.
down
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From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
editors
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From this reading I wrote letters to newspaper editors; I appealed to public men, I engaged an extra secretary and ran a regular publicity bureau in my home.
efforts
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From this reading In my efforts to get something done, I was like an animal in a cage.
engaged
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From this reading I wrote letters to newspaper editors; I appealed to public men, I engaged an extra secretary and ran a regular publicity bureau in my home.
extra
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From this reading I wrote letters to newspaper editors; I appealed to public men, I engaged an extra secretary and ran a regular publicity bureau in my home.
finding
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From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
get
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From this reading I was determined to get something done about the Condemned Meat Industry.
home
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From this reading I wrote letters to newspaper editors; I appealed to public men, I engaged an extra secretary and ran a regular publicity bureau in my home.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the Condemned Meat Industry.
impossible
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From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the atrocious conditions under which men, women and children were working in the Chicago stockyards.
Industry
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From this reading I was determined to get something done about the Condemned Meat Industry.
inside
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From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
letters
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From this reading I wrote letters to newspaper editors; I appealed to public men, I engaged an extra secretary and ran a regular publicity bureau in my home.
like
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From this reading In my efforts to get something done, I was like an animal in a cage.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
Meat
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From this reading I was determined to get something done about the Condemned Meat Industry.
men
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From this reading I was determined to get something done about the atrocious conditions under which men, women and children were working in the Chicago stockyards.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In my efforts to get something done, I was like an animal in a cage.
newspaper
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From this reading I wrote letters to newspaper editors; I appealed to public men, I engaged an extra secretary and ran a regular publicity bureau in my home.
newspapers
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From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
public
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From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
publicity
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From this reading I wrote letters to newspaper editors; I appealed to public men, I engaged an extra secretary and ran a regular publicity bureau in my home.
ran
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From this reading I wrote letters to newspaper editors; I appealed to public men, I engaged an extra secretary and ran a regular publicity bureau in my home.
regular
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From this reading I wrote letters to newspaper editors; I appealed to public men, I engaged an extra secretary and ran a regular publicity bureau in my home.
roamed
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From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
secretary
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From this reading I wrote letters to newspaper editors; I appealed to public men, I engaged an extra secretary and ran a regular publicity bureau in my home.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the Condemned Meat Industry.
stockyards
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From this reading I was determined to get something done about the atrocious conditions under which men, women and children were working in the Chicago stockyards.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
testing
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From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the Condemned Meat Industry.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the Condemned Meat Industry.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the atrocious conditions under which men, women and children were working in the Chicago stockyards.
up
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From this reading The bars of this cage were newspapers, which stood between me and the public; and inside the cage I roamed up and down, testing one bar after another, and finding them impossible to break.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the Condemned Meat Industry.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the atrocious conditions under which men, women and children were working in the Chicago stockyards.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I was determined to get something done about the atrocious conditions under which men, women and children were working in the Chicago stockyards.
women
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From this reading I was determined to get something done about the atrocious conditions under which men, women and children were working in the Chicago stockyards.
working
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From this reading I was determined to get something done about the atrocious conditions under which men, women and children were working in the Chicago stockyards.
wrote
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From this reading I wrote letters to newspaper editors; I appealed to public men, I engaged an extra secretary and ran a regular publicity bureau in my home.
