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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 The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
accordance
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
bent
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
bristled
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
broad
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
brown
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
bulldog
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
bushy
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
carefully
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
carried
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
club
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
commanding
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
confinement
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
corners
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
Crane
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
cranium
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
cropped
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
crusty
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
curved
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
denoting
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
down-town
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
downward
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
Enoch
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
expression
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
eyebrows
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
eyes
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
face
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
Fifty
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
forehead
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
framed
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
giving
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
glance
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
goes
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
grave
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
gray
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
hairs
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
head
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
height
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
intelligent
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
keen
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
like
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
likely
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
lips
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
low
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
lower
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
man
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
medium
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
met
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
mode
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
most
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
moulded
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
mouth
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
mustache
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
nearly
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
neatly
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
nicety
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
office
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
old
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
omitted
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
opened
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
out
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
pair
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
parted
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
passing
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
perception
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
piercing
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
quick
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
rapid
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
repose
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
revealed
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
said
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
shadowingnounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ.ɪŋ/
An advanced language learning technique where a student repeats speech immediately after hearing it.
From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
shoulders
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
shrewd
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
side
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
side-whiskers
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
smoothed
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
solitary
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
stiff
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
stranger
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
street
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
stubborn
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
suite
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
surmounting
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From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
teeth
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
tenacious
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
There
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
thinkers
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
times
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
tooth-brush
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
top-floor
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
turned
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
up-town
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
upward
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From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What remained of his gray hairs were neatly parted on the side and as carefully smoothed over a cranium surmounting a broad, intelligent forehead, the bushy eyebrows denoting a man of shrewd perception, shadowing a grave face framed in a pair of cropped side-whiskers.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
white
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From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He was a man of medium height, who carried his stubborn head low bent from his shoulders, like most thinkers, though the rapid upward glance out of his keen brown eyes was quick and piercing--even commanding at times.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading These met with a mustache nearly white, and as stiff as a tooth-brush, that bristled over a mouth whose corners curved downward in repose; when he opened his lips, they revealed his even lower teeth, giving him the tenacious expression of a bulldog.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
word
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From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The stranger in passing Enoch Crane on the street would have been likely to have turned and said: “There goes a crusty old gentleman”--he would not have omitted the word “gentleman,” for that he looked and was.
years
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From this reading Fifty years had moulded his appearance to a nicety in accordance with his mode of life, which was, for the most part (when he was not up-town at his club, or down-town at his office) passed in solitary confinement in the top-floor suite.
