A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
GUARANTEED--FOREVER! Manning had spent his life exposing mail order frauds. But Forsythe's outfit topped them all. Its products were too good to exist--yet! Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Its products were too good to exist--yet!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Manning had spent his life exposing mail order frauds.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Manning had spent his life exposing mail order frauds.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Its products were too good to exist--yet!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
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From this reading But Forsythe's outfit topped them all.
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From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Forsythe's outfit topped them all.
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From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
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From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
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From this reading Its products were too good to exist--yet!
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From this reading Manning had spent his life exposing mail order frauds.
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From this reading GUARANTEED--FOREVER!
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From this reading But Forsythe's outfit topped them all.
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From this reading Manning had spent his life exposing mail order frauds.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its products were too good to exist--yet!
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From this reading GUARANTEED--FOREVER!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Manning had spent his life exposing mail order frauds.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Manning had spent his life exposing mail order frauds.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its products were too good to exist--yet!
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From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Manning had spent his life exposing mail order frauds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Manning had spent his life exposing mail order frauds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Manning had spent his life exposing mail order frauds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Manning had spent his life exposing mail order frauds.
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From this reading But Forsythe's outfit topped them all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Its products were too good to exist--yet!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Manning had spent his life exposing mail order frauds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But Forsythe's outfit topped them all.
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From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Its products were too good to exist--yet!
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From this reading Its products were too good to exist--yet!
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From this reading But Forsythe's outfit topped them all.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Clark Street, just north of Chicago's Loop, was the symbol of a million things, all of them bad, Manning thought.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Its products were too good to exist--yet!
but in spite of that
From this reading Its products were too good to exist--yet!
