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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 Raidler took a quart bottle of whisky from his medicine cabinet.
all
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ten minutes later Ylario came from McGuire’s room and stood before Raidler.
announced
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
antics
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From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
bath
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Ten minutes later Ylario came from McGuire’s room and stood before Raidler.
benevolently
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From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
bottle
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From this reading Raidler took a quart bottle of whisky from his medicine cabinet.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
cabinet
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From this reading Raidler took a quart bottle of whisky from his medicine cabinet.
came
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From this reading Ten minutes later Ylario came from McGuire’s room and stood before Raidler.
cattleman
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From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
cigarettes
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
closed
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
compliments
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
credited
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
desires
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
feez-z
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
floor
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From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Ten minutes later Ylario came from McGuire’s room and stood before Raidler.
gin
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
gracias
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From this reading “_Si, si—mil gracias, señor_.”
gratitude
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From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
growlingnounUS /ˈgrowling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
hot
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
ice
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
kicked
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From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
kneel
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From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
later
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From this reading Ten minutes later Ylario came from McGuire’s room and stood before Raidler.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
McGuire's
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From this reading Ten minutes later Ylario came from McGuire’s room and stood before Raidler.
medicine
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From this reading Raidler took a quart bottle of whisky from his medicine cabinet.
mil
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From this reading “_Si, si—mil gracias, señor_.”
minutes
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From this reading Ten minutes later Ylario came from McGuire’s room and stood before Raidler.
Newyorkheral
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
NonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
now
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From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
opery-house
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From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
pounded
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
preliminary
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
presents
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
quart
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From this reading Raidler took a quart bottle of whisky from his medicine cabinet.
Raidler
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From this reading Ten minutes later Ylario came from McGuire’s room and stood before Raidler.
room
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From this reading Ten minutes later Ylario came from McGuire’s room and stood before Raidler.
send
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
señor
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From this reading “_Si, si—mil gracias, señor_.”
shave
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
Si
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From this reading “_Si, si—mil gracias, señor_.”
some
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ten minutes later Ylario came from McGuire’s room and stood before Raidler.
telegram
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
Ten
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From this reading Ten minutes later Ylario came from McGuire’s room and stood before Raidler.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
toast
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Raidler took a quart bottle of whisky from his medicine cabinet.
tried
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From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
whisky
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From this reading Raidler took a quart bottle of whisky from his medicine cabinet.
windows
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From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “The little _señor_,” he announced, “presents his compliments” (Raidler credited Ylario with the preliminary) “and desires some pounded ice, one hot bath, one gin feez-z, that the windows be all closed, toast, one shave, one Newyorkheral’, cigarettes, and to send one telegram.”
Ylario
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From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ylario tried to kneel upon the floor in his gratitude, but the cattleman kicked at him benevolently, growling, “None of your opery-house antics, now.”
