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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 The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
account
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From this reading I don't know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness.
addressed
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
admit
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From this reading I grew fast, and I admit that I was always tired; and who is more weary than a sprout of a boy?
all
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
always
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From this reading I grew fast, and I admit that I was always tired; and who is more weary than a sprout of a boy?
amountverbUS /əˈmaʊnt/
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
approached
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From this reading In the belief that I could never amount to anything I gradually approached my awkward manhood.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
awkward
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From this reading In the belief that I could never amount to anything I gradually approached my awkward manhood.
awkwardness
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From this reading I don't know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness.
back
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I don't know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
belief
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From this reading In the belief that I could never amount to anything I gradually approached my awkward manhood.
Bill
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
bite
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
boy
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From this reading I grew fast, and I admit that I was always tired; and who is more weary than a sprout of a boy?
called
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From this reading I don't know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
companions
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
compelled
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
day
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
don't
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From this reading I don't know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
exhaustion
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
family
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
far
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
fast
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From this reading I grew fast, and I admit that I was always tired; and who is more weary than a sprout of a boy?
father
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
fish
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
get
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
gradually
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From this reading In the belief that I could never amount to anything I gradually approached my awkward manhood.
grew
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From this reading I grew fast, and I admit that I was always tired; and who is more weary than a sprout of a boy?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I don't know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness.
hold
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
industrious
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
industry
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I don't know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don't know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness.
laugh
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
lazy
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
manhood
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From this reading In the belief that I could never amount to anything I gradually approached my awkward manhood.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
more
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
move
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I don't know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
neighbors
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the belief that I could never amount to anything I gradually approached my awkward manhood.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I don't know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
out
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
patience
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
perfection
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
place
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
reckon
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
remark
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
school
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
serious
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
sheer
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I don't know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness.
sit
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
sprout
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From this reading I grew fast, and I admit that I was always tired; and who is more weary than a sprout of a boy?
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I don't know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness.
teacher
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I grew fast, and I admit that I was always tired; and who is more weary than a sprout of a boy?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
tired
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From this reading I grew fast, and I admit that I was always tired; and who is more weary than a sprout of a boy?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
too
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
very
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From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
we'll
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From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
weary
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From this reading I grew fast, and I admit that I was always tired; and who is more weary than a sprout of a boy?
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I grew fast, and I admit that I was always tired; and who is more weary than a sprout of a boy?
why
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From this reading I don't know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, "Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we'll have to make a school teacher of you."
