Chapter XIII
“ONE OF THE BOYS.” “Hello! What’s up, now?” Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window. “Nothing special.”
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Chapter XIII
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“ONE
OF
THE
BOYS.”
“Hello!
What’s
up,
now?”
Nick
Carter,
sitting
in
his
room,
at
the
Windsor
Hotel,
on
Dearborn
Street,
looked
up
with
a
smile,
as
Chick
rushed
into
the
room
and
hastened
to
the
window.
“Nothing
special.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“ONE
OF
THE
BOYS.”
Line 2
“Hello!
Line 3
What’s
up,
now?”
Line 4
Nick
Carter,
sitting
in
his
room,
at
the
Windsor
Hotel,
on
Dearborn
Street,
looked
up
with
a
smile,
as
Chick
rushed
into
the
room
and
hastened
to
the
window.
Line 5
“Nothing
special.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Looked
noun
US /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading ““Nothing special.””
ONE
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““ONE OF THE BOYS.””
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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 Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
BOYS
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From this reading “ONE OF THE BOYS.”
Carter
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From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
Chick
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From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
Dearborn
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From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
hastened
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From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
Hello
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From this reading “Hello!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
Hotel
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From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
Nick
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From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing special.”
now
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From this reading What’s up, now?”
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “ONE OF THE BOYS.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “ONE OF THE BOYS.”
room
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From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
rushed
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From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
sitting
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From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
smile
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From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
special
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From this reading “Nothing special.”
Street
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From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “ONE OF THE BOYS.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
up
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From this reading What’s up, now?”
What's
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From this reading What’s up, now?”
window
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From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
Windsor
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From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nick Carter, sitting in his room, at the Windsor Hotel, on Dearborn Street, looked up with a smile, as Chick rushed into the room and hastened to the window.