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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 About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
act
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From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
all
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From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
bag
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
bed
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
begun
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From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
Bud
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From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
business
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From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
candle
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
chair
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From this reading We loaded him till he fell out of his chair and laid there snoring.
cot
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
dark
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
day
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From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
deal
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
didn't
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From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
dimes
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From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
double
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
drinking
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From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
dumped
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
fell
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From this reading We loaded him till he fell out of his chair and laid there snoring.
file
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
got
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
hall
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
hard
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From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We loaded him till he fell out of his chair and laid there snoring.
high
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
high-low-jack
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From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We loaded him till he fell out of his chair and laid there snoring.
hold
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From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
humbug
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From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
Iowa
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
laid
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From this reading We loaded him till he fell out of his chair and laid there snoring.
landed
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
landlord
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
lead
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
loaded
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From this reading We loaded him till he fell out of his chair and laid there snoring.
lot
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From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
Missouri
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
moving
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
night
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
now
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From this reading “We was ready for business now.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
out
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From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
playing
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From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
pretty
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From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
ready
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From this reading “We was ready for business now.
room
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
sickly
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From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
single
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
snoring
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From this reading We loaded him till he fell out of his chair and laid there snoring.
soon
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From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
stop
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From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
supper
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
table
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
tallow
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
tavern
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
there
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From this reading We loaded him till he fell out of his chair and laid there snoring.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading We loaded him till he fell out of his chair and laid there snoring.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
towns
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
two
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From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
up
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
upstairs
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From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
watching
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From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
Well
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From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
whisky
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From this reading We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn’t let him stop.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading About night we landed at one of them little Missouri towns high up toward Iowa, and had supper at the tavern, and got a room upstairs with a cot and a double bed in it, but I dumped my bag under a deal table in the dark hall while we was moving along it to bed, single file, me last, and the landlord in the lead with a tallow candle.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
