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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 He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
any
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
become
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
Belknap
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
blue
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From this reading Those shrewd, steel, very light blue eyes in his brown face.
brown
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From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
case
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
Catchuman
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
Clyde
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
cold
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From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
cool
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From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
curiosity
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From this reading The force and curiosity of the long nose.
decidedly
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
determination
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From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
equipment
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From this reading And with a mental and legal equipment which for shrewdness and self-interest was not unlike that of a lynx or a ferret.
eyes
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From this reading Those shrewd, steel, very light blue eyes in his brown face.
face
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From this reading Those shrewd, steel, very light blue eyes in his brown face.
fact
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
far
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
ferret
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From this reading And with a mental and legal equipment which for shrewdness and self-interest was not unlike that of a lynx or a ferret.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And with a mental and legal equipment which for shrewdness and self-interest was not unlike that of a lynx or a ferret.
force
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From this reading The force and curiosity of the long nose.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Those shrewd, steel, very light blue eyes in his brown face.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
interested
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
Jephson
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
legal
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From this reading And with a mental and legal equipment which for shrewdness and self-interest was not unlike that of a lynx or a ferret.
legally
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
light
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From this reading Those shrewd, steel, very light blue eyes in his brown face.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The force and curiosity of the long nose.
lynx
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From this reading And with a mental and legal equipment which for shrewdness and self-interest was not unlike that of a lynx or a ferret.
Mason
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
mental
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From this reading And with a mental and legal equipment which for shrewdness and self-interest was not unlike that of a lynx or a ferret.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
nose
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From this reading The force and curiosity of the long nose.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
Reuben
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
rugged
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From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
seen
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
self-interest
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From this reading And with a mental and legal equipment which for shrewdness and self-interest was not unlike that of a lynx or a ferret.
shrewd
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From this reading Those shrewd, steel, very light blue eyes in his brown face.
shrewdness
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From this reading And with a mental and legal equipment which for shrewdness and self-interest was not unlike that of a lynx or a ferret.
Smillie
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
spiritually
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From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
steel
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From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
tall
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From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
tensile
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From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And with a mental and legal equipment which for shrewdness and self-interest was not unlike that of a lynx or a ferret.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those shrewd, steel, very light blue eyes in his brown face.
thus
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From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
unlike
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From this reading And with a mental and legal equipment which for shrewdness and self-interest was not unlike that of a lynx or a ferret.
very
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From this reading Those shrewd, steel, very light blue eyes in his brown face.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And with a mental and legal equipment which for shrewdness and self-interest was not unlike that of a lynx or a ferret.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Mr. Reuben Jephson was decidedly different from Belknap, Catchuman, Mason, Smillie--in fact any one, thus far, who had seen Clyde or become legally interested in this case.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
young
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From this reading He was young, tall, thin, rugged, brown, cool but not cold spiritually, and with a will and a determination of the tensile strength of steel.
