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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 Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
addition
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
age
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
all
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
alluring
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
any
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
associates
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
attractiveness
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
away
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From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
bite
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
bright
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
bruised
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
bumped
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
came
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
clean
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
close
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From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
color
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
conscienceless
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From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
consign
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From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
Dalton
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
dark
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From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
day
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
deeper
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
despiteprepositionUS /dɪˈspaɪt/
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
dinner-table
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
discovered
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
drop
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
duplicated
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
exterior
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
fact
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
father
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
few
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
followed
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
fruit
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
fruiterers
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
fruits
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
gnawing
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From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
greedy
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From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
heart
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
hearts
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From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
high-priced
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
highway
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
lied
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
life's
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
man
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
meet
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
most
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
old
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
once
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
owing
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
pears
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
probed
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
qualified
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
quicker
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
reason
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
reminds
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
remittances
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
revelation
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
rosy
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
rots
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
rotten
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
round
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
school
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
seen
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
sidewalk
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
simply
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
sixteen
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
skin
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
skins
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
smooth
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
speck
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
stain
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
stand
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
Then
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From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
uncover
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From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
very
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From this reading But when the drop came--and very few fruits can stand being bumped on the sidewalk--the revelation followed all the quicker, simply because bruised fruit rots in a day, as even the least qualified among us can tell.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
waste-barrel
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From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
welcome
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From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
whole
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From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
wholesome
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
windows
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From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading That none of his associates had discovered this was owing to the fact that no one had probed deeper than the skin of his attractiveness--and with good reason: it was clean, good to look at, bright in color, a most welcome addition to any dinner-table.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Sometimes on life's highway we meet a man who reminds us of one of those high-priced pears seen in fruiterers' windows: wholesome, good to look at, without a speck or stain on their smooth, round, rosy skins--until we bite into them.
worm
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From this reading Then, close to their hearts, we uncover a greedy, conscienceless worm, gnawing away in the dark--and consign the whole to the waste-barrel.
years
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From this reading Dalton, despite his alluring exterior, had been rotten at heart from the time he was sixteen years of age, when he had lied to his father about his school remittances, which the old man had duplicated at once.
