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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 had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
accepted
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
accessories
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
all
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
any
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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
boy
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
brunette
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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.
business
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
came
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From this reading Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.
chief
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
clerk
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
color
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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
conception
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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.
confidentialadjectiveUS /ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl/
spoken privately and not for general knowledge
From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
Daylight's
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From this reading Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.
Dede
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From this reading Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.
demiblonde
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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.
dimly
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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
employ
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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
eyes
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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
fact
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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.
furnishing
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
gambling
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
imperceptibly
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From this reading She came rather imperceptibly.
impersonally
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.
Mason
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From this reading Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.
months
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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
Morrison
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
office
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
only
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
place
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
rather
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From this reading She came rather imperceptibly.
resided
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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She came rather imperceptibly.
subconsciousness
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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.
superman's
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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
there
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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
unable
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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
