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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 THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
ACCIDENT
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
acute
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From this reading And this he did inspired by that most acute of prompters: self-interest; while precisely in this particular Lawrence Maynard was indifferent.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
arrive
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Maynard had both seen and felt far more than Palk, yet in the matter of their present environment, Thomas it was who divined the situation correctly.
boy
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
brings
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And this he did inspired by that most acute of prompters: self-interest; while precisely in this particular Lawrence Maynard was indifferent.
character
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
concerning
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
conclusion
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
correctly
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From this reading Maynard had both seen and felt far more than Palk, yet in the matter of their present environment, Thomas it was who divined the situation correctly.
deeper
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
divined
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From this reading Maynard had both seen and felt far more than Palk, yet in the matter of their present environment, Thomas it was who divined the situation correctly.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
duration
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
eight
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
environment
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From this reading Maynard had both seen and felt far more than Palk, yet in the matter of their present environment, Thomas it was who divined the situation correctly.
experience
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From this reading Nor was it experience of life that led the horseman to his judgment.
far
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
fellow
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
felt
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From this reading Maynard had both seen and felt far more than Palk, yet in the matter of their present environment, Thomas it was who divined the situation correctly.
fifteen
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
grind
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
gutter-snipe
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Maynard had both seen and felt far more than Palk, yet in the matter of their present environment, Thomas it was who divined the situation correctly.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And this he did inspired by that most acute of prompters: self-interest; while precisely in this particular Lawrence Maynard was indifferent.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
horseman
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From this reading Nor was it experience of life that led the horseman to his judgment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Maynard had both seen and felt far more than Palk, yet in the matter of their present environment, Thomas it was who divined the situation correctly.
indifferent
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From this reading And this he did inspired by that most acute of prompters: self-interest; while precisely in this particular Lawrence Maynard was indifferent.
inspired
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From this reading And this he did inspired by that most acute of prompters: self-interest; while precisely in this particular Lawrence Maynard was indifferent.
intelligence
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Nor was it experience of life that led the horseman to his judgment.
judgment
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From this reading Nor was it experience of life that led the horseman to his judgment.
juster
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
latter
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
Lawrence
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
led
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From this reading Nor was it experience of life that led the horseman to his judgment.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
makes
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
man
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
master
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
matter
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From this reading Maynard had both seen and felt far more than Palk, yet in the matter of their present environment, Thomas it was who divined the situation correctly.
Maynard
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
men
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
mill
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
more
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
most
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From this reading And this he did inspired by that most acute of prompters: self-interest; while precisely in this particular Lawrence Maynard was indifferent.
native
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
new
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor was it experience of life that led the horseman to his judgment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
often
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
Palk
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
particular
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From this reading And this he did inspired by that most acute of prompters: self-interest; while precisely in this particular Lawrence Maynard was indifferent.
power
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
precisely
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From this reading And this he did inspired by that most acute of prompters: self-interest; while precisely in this particular Lawrence Maynard was indifferent.
present
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From this reading Maynard had both seen and felt far more than Palk, yet in the matter of their present environment, Thomas it was who divined the situation correctly.
prompters
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From this reading And this he did inspired by that most acute of prompters: self-interest; while precisely in this particular Lawrence Maynard was indifferent.
quicker
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
read
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
rural
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
seen
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From this reading Maynard had both seen and felt far more than Palk, yet in the matter of their present environment, Thomas it was who divined the situation correctly.
self-interest
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From this reading And this he did inspired by that most acute of prompters: self-interest; while precisely in this particular Lawrence Maynard was indifferent.
situation
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From this reading Maynard had both seen and felt far more than Palk, yet in the matter of their present environment, Thomas it was who divined the situation correctly.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
student
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From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Nor was it experience of life that led the horseman to his judgment.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Maynard had both seen and felt far more than Palk, yet in the matter of their present environment, Thomas it was who divined the situation correctly.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And this he did inspired by that most acute of prompters: self-interest; while precisely in this particular Lawrence Maynard was indifferent.
Thomas
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading And this he did inspired by that most acute of prompters: self-interest; while precisely in this particular Lawrence Maynard was indifferent.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Maynard had both seen and felt far more than Palk, yet in the matter of their present environment, Thomas it was who divined the situation correctly.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Experience of life has little to do with duration of life; and as a gutter-snipe of eight will often know more about it and be quicker to read character than a rural boy of fifteen, so, with men, it is the native power to grind what life brings to the mill that makes the student.
worker
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From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading THE ACCIDENT Though Lawrence Maynard was a man of intelligence far deeper than Thomas Palk, yet the latter began to arrive at a juster conclusion concerning his new life and his new master than did his fellow worker.
