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1.50
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
12
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
almost
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From this reading The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold.
always
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From this reading The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the same close range I try to search the secret places of the many minds and hearts which in my nomadic life cross my path.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading With it I decipher at close range such finger-work as the cutting of intaglios, the brush-marks on miniatures, or perhaps the intricate fusings of metals in the sword-guard of a Samurai.
assumed
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From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
avaricenounUS /ˈæv.ər.ɪs/
Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
bottom
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brush-marks
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canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
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Carter's
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choked
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Christmas
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cinders
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Close
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
coarseness
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Colonel
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confirm
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From this reading The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold.
cross
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cruelty
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crusts
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crystal
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
cutting
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From this reading With it I decipher at close range such finger-work as the cutting of intaglios, the brush-marks on miniatures, or perhaps the intricate fusings of metals in the sword-guard of a Samurai.
decipher
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Dog
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
drop
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everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold.
finger-work
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forcing
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Fortunes
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold.
fusings
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giving
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gold
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From this reading The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold.
heart-crucible
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From this reading The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold.
hearts
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From this reading At the same close range I try to search the secret places of the many minds and hearts which in my nomadic life cross my path.
helps
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
hiding
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Horn
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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Ill
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With it I decipher at close range such finger-work as the cutting of intaglios, the brush-marks on miniatures, or perhaps the intricate fusings of metals in the sword-guard of a Samurai.
intaglios
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interesting
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
intricate
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading With it I decipher at close range such finger-work as the cutting of intaglios, the brush-marks on miniatures, or perhaps the intricate fusings of metals in the sword-guard of a Samurai.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
joy
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lies
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the same close range I try to search the secret places of the many minds and hearts which in my nomadic life cross my path.
life's
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From this reading The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold.
magnifying-glass
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
magnifyings
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many
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
mechanism
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
metals
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minds
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miniatures
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mo
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
nomadic
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From this reading At the same close range I try to search the secret places of the many minds and hearts which in my nomadic life cross my path.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
ofttimes
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From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
old
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
Oliver
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading With it I decipher at close range such finger-work as the cutting of intaglios, the brush-marks on miniatures, or perhaps the intricate fusings of metals in the sword-guard of a Samurai.
path
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From this reading At the same close range I try to search the secret places of the many minds and hearts which in my nomadic life cross my path.
perhaps
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places
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pretended
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probings
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Range
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
refinement
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results
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From this reading The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold.
revealed
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From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the same close range I try to search the secret places of the many minds and hearts which in my nomadic life cross my path.
Samurai
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search
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From this reading At the same close range I try to search the secret places of the many minds and hearts which in my nomadic life cross my path.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading At the same close range I try to search the secret places of the many minds and hearts which in my nomadic life cross my path.
size
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
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suspected
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From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
sword-guard
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tenderness
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From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
theory
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From this reading The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold.
there
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From this reading The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
thick
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From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
things
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
try
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From this reading At the same close range I try to search the secret places of the many minds and hearts which in my nomadic life cross my path.
UnderprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
unexpected
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From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
watch
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
way
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From this reading In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With it I decipher at close range such finger-work as the cutting of intaglios, the brush-marks on miniatures, or perhaps the intricate fusings of metals in the sword-guard of a Samurai.
writing-table
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From this reading At Close Range Ill., 12mo, $1.50 Colonel Carter's Christmas Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Under Dog Ill., 12mo, $1.50 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Ill., 12mo, $1.50 On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things.
