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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 "What is it--a patent car coupler?
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "In my belief," went on Rawn, frowning at this flippancy, "I am upon the eve of a great success, Charles."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "In my belief," went on Rawn, frowning at this flippancy, "I am upon the eve of a great success, Charles."
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
belief
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From this reading "In my belief," went on Rawn, frowning at this flippancy, "I am upon the eve of a great success, Charles."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
car
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From this reading "What is it--a patent car coupler?
catching
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
Charles
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
coupler
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From this reading "What is it--a patent car coupler?
department
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
didn't
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
directness
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
earlier
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
eve
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From this reading "In my belief," went on Rawn, frowning at this flippancy, "I am upon the eve of a great success, Charles."
evening
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
fellow
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
flippancy
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From this reading "In my belief," went on Rawn, frowning at this flippancy, "I am upon the eve of a great success, Charles."
frowning
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From this reading "In my belief," went on Rawn, frowning at this flippancy, "I am upon the eve of a great success, Charles."
get
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "In my belief," went on Rawn, frowning at this flippancy, "I am upon the eve of a great success, Charles."
habit
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
Halsey
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From this reading "Yes?" replied Halsey.
hasn't
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
Injury
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What is it--a patent car coupler?
isn't
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "What is it--a patent car coupler?
John
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "In my belief," went on Rawn, frowning at this flippancy, "I am upon the eve of a great success, Charles."
noted
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
office
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "In my belief," went on Rawn, frowning at this flippancy, "I am upon the eve of a great success, Charles."
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
only
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
patent
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From this reading "What is it--a patent car coupler?
patented
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
perhaps
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
Personal
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
POWER
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
problems
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
Rawn
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Yes?" replied Halsey.
said
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
scientific
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
settle
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
some
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From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
success
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From this reading "In my belief," went on Rawn, frowning at this flippancy, "I am upon the eve of a great success, Charles."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
There
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "In my belief," went on Rawn, frowning at this flippancy, "I am upon the eve of a great success, Charles."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "In my belief," went on Rawn, frowning at this flippancy, "I am upon the eve of a great success, Charles."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "In my belief," went on Rawn, frowning at this flippancy, "I am upon the eve of a great success, Charles."
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What is it--a patent car coupler?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
widows
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From this reading There isn't a fellow in our office who hasn't patented one, but I didn't know it was quite so catching as to get into the Personal Injury department--they only settle with the widows there."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading POWER I "Charles," said John Rawn one evening, with that directness of habit which perhaps we have earlier noted, "I have been thinking over some scientific problems."
Yes
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From this reading "Yes?" replied Halsey.
