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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 Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
all
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From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
almost
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From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
America
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
appreciated
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From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
attire
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
became
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
better
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From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
broad
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
civilian
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
clear
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From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
darkness
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
dejectedly
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From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
derby
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
despair
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
destined
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
devil
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From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
dilapidated
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
displayed
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
district
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
down
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From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
downpour
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
dripped
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From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
Ex-roundsman
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
haberdasher
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
he'd
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From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
head
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From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
hung
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From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
Italic
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
knees
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From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
lesser
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
loomed
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
McCarty
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
mean
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
more
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
muddy
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From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
mustache
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From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
narrow
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
neared
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
neighborhood
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
new
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
night
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
only
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
out
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From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
place
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From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
PrintednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
psycho-junk
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From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
rain
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From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
reading
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From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
reblocked
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
recent
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
river
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
satisfaction
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
seven-fifty
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
shacks
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
shoulders
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
shrugged
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
sidewalks
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
sky
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
sodden
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From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
source
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
spurted
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From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
squalid
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
States
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
streams
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From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
sturdily
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
tailor
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
teeming
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
tenements
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
text
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
Timothy
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
tobacconounUS /ˈtobacco/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
transition
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
trudged
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From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
United
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Printed in the United States of America_ A seven-fifty derby, new only that afternoon and destined already to be reblocked!
up
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From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
walk
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From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
warehouses
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Ex-roundsman Timothy McCarty, whose complete transition to civilian attire was still so recent as to be a source of satisfaction to himself and of despair to his tailor and haberdasher, shrugged his broad shoulders and trudged sturdily along in the teeming downpour.
wisp
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From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Rain dripped down upon a sodden wisp of tobacco which hung dejectedly from beneath his mustache, and muddy streams spurted up almost to his knees with every step.
wooden
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From this reading It was a mean district, a neighborhood of broken, narrow sidewalks, dilapidated tenements and squalid wooden shacks, which became more squalid as McCarty neared the river, although here great warehouses loomed against the lesser darkness of the night sky.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading A walk he had come out for, to clear his head of all that psycho-junk he’d been reading, and a walk he would have, but he could think of a place the devil could take this rain to, where it would be better appreciated!
