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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 JUDSON RECEIVES A SETBACK.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
all-engrossing
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
amountverbUS /əˈmaʊnt/
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading “You just promise that you will lend a hand, and I’ll furnish any amount of schemes.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
any
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From this reading “You just promise that you will lend a hand, and I’ll furnish any amount of schemes.”
big
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From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
Blakely
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
Cadets
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
cat
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From this reading “Oh, there is more than one way to kill a cat,” replied the other.
deck
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
don't
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From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
down
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
evening
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
Ferguson
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
furnish
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From this reading “You just promise that you will lend a hand, and I’ll furnish any amount of schemes.”
hand
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From this reading “You just promise that you will lend a hand, and I’ll furnish any amount of schemes.”
honestadjectiveUS /ˈɑnɪst/
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
how
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From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
I'll
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From this reading “You just promise that you will lend a hand, and I’ll furnish any amount of schemes.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, there is more than one way to kill a cat,” replied the other.
JUDSON
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From this reading JUDSON RECEIVES A SETBACK.
just
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From this reading “You just promise that you will lend a hand, and I’ll furnish any amount of schemes.”
kill
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From this reading “Oh, there is more than one way to kill a cat,” replied the other.
lend
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From this reading “You just promise that you will lend a hand, and I’ll furnish any amount of schemes.”
lot
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From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
minstrel
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
more
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From this reading “Oh, there is more than one way to kill a cat,” replied the other.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
Oh
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From this reading “Oh, there is more than one way to kill a cat,” replied the other.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Oh, there is more than one way to kill a cat,” replied the other.
other
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From this reading “Oh, there is more than one way to kill a cat,” replied the other.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
pacing
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
pause
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From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
plebe's
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
port
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
promise
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From this reading “You just promise that you will lend a hand, and I’ll furnish any amount of schemes.”
raising
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From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
RECEIVES
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From this reading JUDSON RECEIVES A SETBACK.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh, there is more than one way to kill a cat,” replied the other.
said
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From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
schemes
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From this reading “You just promise that you will lend a hand, and I’ll furnish any amount of schemes.”
see
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From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
senior
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From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
SETBACK
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From this reading JUDSON RECEIVES A SETBACK.
show
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
side
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
slowly
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
spar
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
stop
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From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
subject
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
supper
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
talking
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “Oh, there is more than one way to kill a cat,” replied the other.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
there
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From this reading “Oh, there is more than one way to kill a cat,” replied the other.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
trouble
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From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
truth
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From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
up
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From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
way
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From this reading “Oh, there is more than one way to kill a cat,” replied the other.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading That evening after supper Cadets Blakely and Ferguson were slowly pacing up and down the port side of the spar deck talking over the all-engrossing subject--the plebe’s minstrel show.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “You just promise that you will lend a hand, and I’ll furnish any amount of schemes.”
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “To tell you the honest truth, Ferguson,” said the big senior, after a pause, “I don’t see how we can stop the thing without raising a lot of trouble.”
