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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 Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
arsts
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
atin
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From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
better
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
bloke
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
built
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From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
calls
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
cheat
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
comes
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
creek
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
creepin
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
crook
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
cup
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
daisies
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
day
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From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
dividends
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From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
drinks
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
eart
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From this reading Orl such is welkim to the joys they find; I only know the wisdom o' the 'eart.
earts
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From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
feet
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
fer
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From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
fill
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
find
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From this reading Orl such is welkim to the joys they find; I only know the wisdom o' the 'eart.
friends
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From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
frum
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
gives
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From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
Goes
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
grab
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
hill
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Orl such is welkim to the joys they find; I only know the wisdom o' the 'eart.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
joy
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
joys
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From this reading Orl such is welkim to the joys they find; I only know the wisdom o' the 'eart.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Orl such is welkim to the joys they find; I only know the wisdom o' the 'eart.
lesson
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From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
Life's
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
lofty
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From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
LooknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
meself
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
moon
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
mopoke
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
o
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From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
o'er
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
ole
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From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
only
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From this reading Orl such is welkim to the joys they find; I only know the wisdom o' the 'eart.
oo
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
Orl
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From this reading Orl such is welkim to the joys they find; I only know the wisdom o' the 'eart.
out
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
paid
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From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
play
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From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
profits
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From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
seek
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
shinin
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
skies
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
stars
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Orl such is welkim to the joys they find; I only know the wisdom o' the 'eart.
takes
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From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
taught
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From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Orl such is welkim to the joys they find; I only know the wisdom o' the 'eart.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
tramples
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
tries
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
wasn't
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From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
way
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From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
welkim
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From this reading Orl such is welkim to the joys they find; I only know the wisdom o' the 'eart.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill, An' when the mopoke calls along the creek, I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill, An' arsts meself wot better could I seek.
wisdom
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From this reading I gives it in--that wisdom o' the mind-- I wasn't built to play no lofty part.
world
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
wot
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
yeh
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From this reading Life's wot yeh make it; an' the bloke 'oo tries To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies Goes crook on life, an' calls the world a cheat, An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet.
yer
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From this reading An' ever it 'as taught me, day be day, The one same lesson in the same ole way: "Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends, Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
