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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 "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
any
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From this reading They haven't made you any offer," said Rogers quietly.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
cents
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
chances
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
demanded
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
didn't
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From this reading "I didn't know what you would do," said Rogers non-committally.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "I didn't know what you would do," said Rogers non-committally.
dollar
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
else
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
firing
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
haven't
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From this reading They haven't made you any offer," said Rogers quietly.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
I've
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From this reading "I've kept watch of that.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
kept
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From this reading "I've kept watch of that.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I didn't know what you would do," said Rogers non-committally.
Lapham
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
made
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From this reading They haven't made you any offer," said Rogers quietly.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
mills
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From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
months
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
non-committally
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From this reading "I didn't know what you would do," said Rogers non-committally.
now
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I've kept watch of that.
off
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From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
offer
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From this reading They haven't made you any offer," said Rogers quietly.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
parties
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From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
put
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From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
quietly
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From this reading They haven't made you any offer," said Rogers quietly.
ready
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From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
Rogers
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From this reading They haven't made you any offer," said Rogers quietly.
said
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From this reading They haven't made you any offer," said Rogers quietly.
six
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
somebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
stand
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From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
ten
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I've kept watch of that.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They haven't made you any offer," said Rogers quietly.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
turn
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
turned
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
up
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
valuation
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From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
value
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From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
watch
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From this reading "I've kept watch of that.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "I didn't know what you would do," said Rogers non-committally.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
won't
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
worth
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From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "And did you think," demanded Lapham, firing up, "that I would turn them in on somebody else as you turned them in on me, when the chances are that they won't be worth ten cents on the dollar six months from now?"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading They haven't made you any offer," said Rogers quietly.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I've come here to tell you that these parties stand ready to take the mills off your hands at a fair valuation--at the value I put upon them when I turned them in."
