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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 Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
all
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From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
almost
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From this reading Here one could get in on a highly intellectual or diverting conversation of one kind or another at almost any time.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Here one could get in on a highly intellectual or diverting conversation of one kind or another at almost any time.
any
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From this reading Here one could get in on a highly intellectual or diverting conversation of one kind or another at almost any time.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
appear
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
better
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From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
boast
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
BodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
Boston
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
came
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
centernounUS /ˈsɛn.tər/
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
certainty
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
Chicago
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
cities
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From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
city
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
Clark
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
companionship
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
company
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
conditions
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
conversation
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From this reading Here one could get in on a highly intellectual or diverting conversation of one kind or another at almost any time.
corner
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Here one could get in on a highly intellectual or diverting conversation of one kind or another at almost any time.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
Daws
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
desire
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
Dick
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
diverting
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From this reading Here one could get in on a highly intellectual or diverting conversation of one kind or another at almost any time.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
elsewhere
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
especially
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
evening
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
excellent
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
finding
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
Francisco
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
get
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From this reading Here one could get in on a highly intellectual or diverting conversation of one kind or another at almost any time.
gossiping
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From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
groups
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
Hazard
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
helter-skelter
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
highly
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From this reading Here one could get in on a highly intellectual or diverting conversation of one kind or another at almost any time.
hung
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
idling
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
inclined
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
indicated
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From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
intellectual
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From this reading Here one could get in on a highly intellectual or diverting conversation of one kind or another at almost any time.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
Johns
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
Johnson
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
kind
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From this reading Here one could get in on a highly intellectual or diverting conversation of one kind or another at almost any time.
knew
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From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
LaClede
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From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
Louis
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From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
many
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From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
men
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
much
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From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
New
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
newspaper
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From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Here one could get in on a highly intellectual or diverting conversation of one kind or another at almost any time.
only
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
papers
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
Peter
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
Root
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
rule
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
San
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
sniff
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
St
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From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
strangers
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So many of these men had come from distant cities and knew them much better than they did St. Louis.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
total
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE LaClede, as I have indicated, was the center of all gossiping newspaper life at this time, at least that part of it of which I knew anything.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
worked
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
world
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From this reading Here, in idling groups, during the course of a morning, afternoon or evening, might appear Dick or Peter, Body, Clark, Hazard, Johnson, Root, Johns Daws, a long company of excellent newspaper men who worked on the different papers of the city from time to time and who, because of a desire for companionship in this helter-skelter world and the certainty of finding it here, hung about this corner.
York
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From this reading As a rule, being total strangers and here only for a short while, they were inclined to sniff at conditions as they found them here and to boast of those elsewhere, especially the men who came from New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
