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26
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From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
able
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
All
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From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have got my first week’s salary as Emergency Field Grammarian and gee it is wonderful.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I have got my first week’s salary as Emergency Field Grammarian and gee it is wonderful.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
back
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From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
big
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
buy
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From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
called
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canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
DEAR
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From this reading IN WHICH I STICK TO THE JOB DEAR MOM:
department
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From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
Edgerton
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Emergency
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extra
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From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
feel
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
felt
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From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
Field
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From this reading I have got my first week’s salary as Emergency Field Grammarian and gee it is wonderful.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have got my first week’s salary as Emergency Field Grammarian and gee it is wonderful.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
gee
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From this reading I have got my first week’s salary as Emergency Field Grammarian and gee it is wonderful.
get
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From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
give
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From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
go
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From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
got
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From this reading I have got my first week’s salary as Emergency Field Grammarian and gee it is wonderful.
Grammarian
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From this reading I have got my first week’s salary as Emergency Field Grammarian and gee it is wonderful.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have got my first week’s salary as Emergency Field Grammarian and gee it is wonderful.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
house
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
how
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading IN WHICH I STICK TO THE JOB DEAR MOM:
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH I STICK TO THE JOB DEAR MOM:
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I have got my first week’s salary as Emergency Field Grammarian and gee it is wonderful.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I have got my first week’s salary as Emergency Field Grammarian and gee it is wonderful.
JOB
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From this reading IN WHICH I STICK TO THE JOB DEAR MOM:
lose
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
MOM
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From this reading IN WHICH I STICK TO THE JOB DEAR MOM:
money
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From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
Mr
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I have got my first week’s salary as Emergency Field Grammarian and gee it is wonderful.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
newspaper
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
pay
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From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
people
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
plain
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
purse
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From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
remembered
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
reporters
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
rich
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From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
said
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
salary
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From this reading I have got my first week’s salary as Emergency Field Grammarian and gee it is wonderful.
say
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
sign
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From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
Spokesman
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
spots
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From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
STICK
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From this reading IN WHICH I STICK TO THE JOB DEAR MOM:
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN WHICH I STICK TO THE JOB DEAR MOM:
then
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
three
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From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
times
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From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN WHICH I STICK TO THE JOB DEAR MOM:
touch
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
two
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From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
up
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
warrant
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From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
week's
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whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH I STICK TO THE JOB DEAR MOM:
white
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From this reading And then I remembered what Mr. Edgerton said that I must not lose touch with the plain people but remember how they feel so that I will be able to tell him so that he can tell the Spokesman up at the big white house what to say to all the newspaper reporters.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading All that I have to do is to go to the department and sign my name three times and I get what is called a warrant that anybody will give me the money for.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I have got my first week’s salary as Emergency Field Grammarian and gee it is wonderful.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And I felt so rich and fine with that $26 in my purse the first thing I did was to buy this money order to pay you back your two spots and three spots extra.
