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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 NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He took another surreptitious look.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
awry
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
baggy
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
Baker
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
brow
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
caught
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From this reading Glancing up at this moment, he caught the farmer's eye and nodded: “Hello!” he said, cordially; “come in.
coarse
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
coat
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
colt
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From this reading How's our young colt running out your way?”
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Glancing up at this moment, he caught the farmer's eye and nodded: “Hello!” he said, cordially; “come in.
concentrated
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
cordially
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From this reading Glancing up at this moment, he caught the farmer's eye and nodded: “Hello!” he said, cordially; “come in.
deep
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
desertedverbUS /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
desk
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
down
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
Dwight
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
elbows
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
eye
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From this reading Glancing up at this moment, he caught the farmer's eye and nodded: “Hello!” he said, cordially; “come in.
farmer's
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From this reading Glancing up at this moment, he caught the farmer's eye and nodded: “Hello!” he said, cordially; “come in.
fingers
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
Garner
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
Glancing
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From this reading Glancing up at this moment, he caught the farmer's eye and nodded: “Hello!” he said, cordially; “come in.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
hair
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
Hello
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From this reading Glancing up at this moment, he caught the farmer's eye and nodded: “Hello!” he said, cordially; “come in.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
How's
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From this reading How's our young colt running out your way?”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Glancing up at this moment, he caught the farmer's eye and nodded: “Hello!” he said, cordially; “come in.
ink
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
later
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
law-office
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took another surreptitious look.
moment
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From this reading Glancing up at this moment, he caught the farmer's eye and nodded: “Hello!” he said, cordially; “come in.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
NE
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
noddednounUS /nodded/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Glancing up at this moment, he caught the farmer's eye and nodded: “Hello!” he said, cordially; “come in.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
off
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading How's our young colt running out your way?”
out
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From this reading How's our young colt running out your way?”
peeringverbUS /ˈpɪrɪŋ/
looking closely or carefully
From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
pockets
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
Pole
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
rolled
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading How's our young colt running out your way?”
said
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From this reading Glancing up at this moment, he caught the farmer's eye and nodded: “Hello!” he said, cordially; “come in.
shirt-sleeves
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
slouched
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
stained
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
street
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
surreptitious
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From this reading He took another surreptitious look.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Glancing up at this moment, he caught the farmer's eye and nodded: “Hello!” he said, cordially; “come in.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
thrust
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took another surreptitious look.
trousers
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
undecided
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
up
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
wagon-yard
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
way
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From this reading How's our young colt running out your way?”
week
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From this reading NE morning, a week later, Pole Baker slouched down the street from the wagon-yard, and, peering into the law-office of Garner & Dwight, he stood undecided on the deserted street, his hands thrust deep into the pockets of his baggy trousers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
wrinkled
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From this reading Garner was at his desk, his great brow wrinkled as with concentrated thought, his coarse hair awry, his coat off and shirt-sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his fingers stained with ink.
young
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From this reading How's our young colt running out your way?”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How's our young colt running out your way?”
