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Chapter I

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Context Illustration Reading 1/33 · 5 lines
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_Author of "The Garden Court Murder" "The Missing Cyclist" Etc.
Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.
A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.
"Is the boss in?"
"Yes, sir."
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Chapter I

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_Author of "The Garden Court Murder" "The Missing Cyclist" Etc.
Line 2
Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.
Line 3
A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.
Line 4
"Is the boss in?"
Line 5
"Yes, sir."
All words in this reading · 52

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11

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

9

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

Author

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From this reading _Author of "The Garden Court Murder" "The Missing Cyclist" Etc.

boss

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From this reading "Is the boss in?"

Boys

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

ceased

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

COMPANY

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

Court

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From this reading _Author of "The Garden Court Murder" "The Missing Cyclist" Etc.

Cyclist

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From this reading _Author of "The Garden Court Murder" "The Missing Cyclist" Etc.

door

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

East

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

England

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

entered

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

Etc

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From this reading _Author of "The Garden Court Murder" "The Missing Cyclist" Etc.

F

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

FENNO

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fixed

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

frame

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

Garden

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From this reading _Author of "The Garden Court Murder" "The Missing Cyclist" Etc.

gong

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

hurriedly

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "Is the boss in?"

jacket

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

literature

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

man

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

Missing

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From this reading _Author of "The Garden Court Murder" "The Missing Cyclist" Etc.

Murder

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From this reading _Author of "The Garden Court Murder" "The Missing Cyclist" Etc.

New

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Author of "The Garden Court Murder" "The Missing Cyclist" Etc.

page's

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

pages

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

perusal

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

R

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

sample

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

Sawyer

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

sir

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From this reading "Yes, sir."

Sixteenth

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

sounded

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

Street

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

stuffed

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _Author of "The Garden Court Murder" "The Missing Cyclist" Etc.

up

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

World

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.

Yes

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From this reading "Yes, sir."

York

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From this reading Etc._ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York The gong fixed in the door frame sounded.

young

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From this reading A man entered as Sawyer hurriedly ceased a perusal of the pages of the _Boys of the World_, and stuffed that sample of the literature of young England up his page's jacket.