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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 Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
adjusted
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
amusing
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From this reading That very evening Henley took even another step in his amusing enterprise.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That very evening Henley took even another step in his amusing enterprise.
ascended
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From this reading He ascended the steps with a respectful tread and entered the hall.
basin
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
black
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boots
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
brushed
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
came
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From this reading Then he went out and walked leisurely up the street till he came to the dark stairway of a little public hall over a feed-store.
clothes
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
dark
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From this reading Then he went out and walked leisurely up the street till he came to the dark stairway of a little public hall over a feed-store.
eight
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entered
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From this reading He ascended the steps with a respectful tread and entered the hall.
enterprise
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From this reading That very evening Henley took even another step in his amusing enterprise.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That very evening Henley took even another step in his amusing enterprise.
evening
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From this reading That very evening Henley took even another step in his amusing enterprise.
feed-store
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From this reading Then he went out and walked leisurely up the street till he came to the dark stairway of a little public hall over a feed-store.
glass
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
got
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
hall
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From this reading Then he went out and walked leisurely up the street till he came to the dark stairway of a little public hall over a feed-store.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
Henley
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From this reading That very evening Henley took even another step in his amusing enterprise.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That very evening Henley took even another step in his amusing enterprise.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That very evening Henley took even another step in his amusing enterprise.
leisurely
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From this reading Then he went out and walked leisurely up the street till he came to the dark stairway of a little public hall over a feed-store.
letters
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From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he went out and walked leisurely up the street till he came to the dark stairway of a little public hall over a feed-store.
made
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o'clock
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From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then he went out and walked leisurely up the street till he came to the dark stairway of a little public hall over a feed-store.
out
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From this reading Then he went out and walked leisurely up the street till he came to the dark stairway of a little public hall over a feed-store.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
polish
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
Pomp
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
public
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From this reading Then he went out and walked leisurely up the street till he came to the dark stairway of a little public hall over a feed-store.
respectful
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From this reading He ascended the steps with a respectful tread and entered the hall.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
sat
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From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
stairway
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From this reading Then he went out and walked leisurely up the street till he came to the dark stairway of a little public hall over a feed-store.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That very evening Henley took even another step in his amusing enterprise.
steps
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From this reading He ascended the steps with a respectful tread and entered the hall.
store
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From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
street
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From this reading Then he went out and walked leisurely up the street till he came to the dark stairway of a little public hall over a feed-store.
string
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
supper
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From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That very evening Henley took even another step in his amusing enterprise.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
Then
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
tie
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That very evening Henley took even another step in his amusing enterprise.
tread
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From this reading He ascended the steps with a respectful tread and entered the hall.
up
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
very
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From this reading That very evening Henley took even another step in his amusing enterprise.
walked
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From this reading Then he went out and walked leisurely up the street till he came to the dark stairway of a little public hall over a feed-store.
water-pail
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From this reading Then he got up, brushed his clothes, and made Pomp polish his boots, and adjusted his black string tie before a glass over the water-pail and basin.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he went out and walked leisurely up the street till he came to the dark stairway of a little public hall over a feed-store.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He ascended the steps with a respectful tread and entered the hall.
writing
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From this reading He returned to the store after supper and sat writing letters till about eight o'clock.
