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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 Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
absence
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From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
actually
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From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
almost
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
April
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From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
assured
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From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
Avenue
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
back
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
Beau
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From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
Brummel
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From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
Bryant
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
buff-colored
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
chance
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
city
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
city's
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From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
clothes
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From this reading More than one man noted in passing the cut and pattern of Lamont’s clothes before ordering his own.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
considered
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
covering
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
Croton
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
cut
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From this reading More than one man noted in passing the cut and pattern of Lamont’s clothes before ordering his own.
daily
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From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
dignified
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
Egyptian
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
English
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
enough
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
familiar
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From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
fashion
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From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
fashionable
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From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
Fifth
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
figure
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From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
five
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
four
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
fresh
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From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
glowingnounUS /ˈglowing/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
habit
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From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
happened
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From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
health
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From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
held
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
highway
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From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
home
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From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
impressive
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
Indeed
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From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
innocent
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
ivy
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
Joe
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
Lamont
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From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
Lamont's
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
latest
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From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
man
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From this reading More than one man noted in passing the cut and pattern of Lamont’s clothes before ordering his own.
many
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From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
mass
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
meeting
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
monument
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
more
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
most
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
noted
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From this reading More than one man noted in passing the cut and pattern of Lamont’s clothes before ordering his own.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
noticed
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From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
Now
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From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading More than one man noted in passing the cut and pattern of Lamont’s clothes before ordering his own.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
ordering
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From this reading More than one man noted in passing the cut and pattern of Lamont’s clothes before ordering his own.
own
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From this reading More than one man noted in passing the cut and pattern of Lamont’s clothes before ordering his own.
Park
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
passing
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From this reading More than one man noted in passing the cut and pattern of Lamont’s clothes before ordering his own.
patent-leather
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
pattern
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From this reading More than one man noted in passing the cut and pattern of Lamont’s clothes before ordering his own.
Pierre
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From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
public
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
rabid
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
Reservoir
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
resplendently
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
rosy
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From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
satisfied
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
see
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From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
seen
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From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
set
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From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
shoes
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
shone
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
solemn
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
solid
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
soundly
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
spats
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
stone
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
Sue
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From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
teetotalers
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
There
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
unlike
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From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
walk
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From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
walls
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
water
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
wavy
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Indeed, he was so familiar a figure on Fifth Avenue, that his absence was noticed by many whose daily habit it was to see and be seen along the city’s most fashionable highway.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Now it happened that Sue had come in fresh and rosy from a walk, glowing with health this fine April afternoon, and had brought Pierre Lamont home with her.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
wore
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From this reading And though, unlike Beau Brummel, he did not actually set the fashion, they could rest assured that everything he wore was of the latest.
yard
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From this reading There is no secret about where she found him, nothing could have been more public or more innocent than their chance meeting on Fifth Avenue before the Reservoir, that solid and dignified monument with its wavy covering of ivy, which Joe considered the most impressive mass of stone in the city, with Bryant Park as its back yard, and enough Croton water soundly held within its four solemn Egyptian walls to have satisfied the most rabid of teetotalers, and before which Lamont’s patent-leather shoes and English buff-colored spats shone resplendently almost every afternoon between four and five.
