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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 If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
aboard
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He likes to get a crowd around him and then tell how he was in Washington at the time of the “post mortise examination.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
business
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
close
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From this reading He is one of those people who don't want to be close and stingy about what they know.
cough
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
crowd
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From this reading He likes to get a crowd around him and then tell how he was in Washington at the time of the “post mortise examination.”
dark
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
days
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
didn't
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
don't
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From this reading He is one of those people who don't want to be close and stingy about what they know.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
examination
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From this reading He likes to get a crowd around him and then tell how he was in Washington at the time of the “post mortise examination.”
fingers
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
follow
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
garret
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
get
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From this reading He likes to get a crowd around him and then tell how he was in Washington at the time of the “post mortise examination.”
go
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From this reading He likes to go through life shedding information right and left.
Guiteau
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From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
how
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From this reading He likes to get a crowd around him and then tell how he was in Washington at the time of the “post mortise examination.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
information
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From this reading He likes to go through life shedding information right and left.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He is one of those people who don't want to be close and stingy about what they know.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He is one of those people who don't want to be close and stingy about what they know.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He likes to go through life shedding information right and left.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He likes to go through life shedding information right and left.
likes
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From this reading He likes to go through life shedding information right and left.
man
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
mean
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
meant
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
medicine
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
mortise
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From this reading He likes to get a crowd around him and then tell how he was in Washington at the time of the “post mortise examination.”
moth-eaten
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
musty
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
neighbor
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From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He is one of those people who don't want to be close and stingy about what they know.
paw
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
people
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From this reading He is one of those people who don't want to be close and stingy about what they know.
post
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From this reading He likes to get a crowd around him and then tell how he was in Washington at the time of the “post mortise examination.”
reader
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He likes to go through life shedding information right and left.
routine
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
shedding
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From this reading He likes to go through life shedding information right and left.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
six
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
some
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
stingy
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From this reading He is one of those people who don't want to be close and stingy about what they know.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He likes to get a crowd around him and then tell how he was in Washington at the time of the “post mortise examination.”
telling
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From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
then
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From this reading He likes to get a crowd around him and then tell how he was in Washington at the time of the “post mortise examination.”
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He is one of those people who don't want to be close and stingy about what they know.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He is one of those people who don't want to be close and stingy about what they know.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He likes to go through life shedding information right and left.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He likes to get a crowd around him and then tell how he was in Washington at the time of the “post mortise examination.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
trial
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From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
want
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From this reading He is one of those people who don't want to be close and stingy about what they know.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He likes to get a crowd around him and then tell how he was in Washington at the time of the “post mortise examination.”
Washington
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From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A neighbor of mine went to Washington during the Guiteau trial and has been telling us about it ever since.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He is one of those people who don't want to be close and stingy about what they know.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He is one of those people who don't want to be close and stingy about what they know.
words
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From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If he meant anything, I suppose he meant a routine of business, but a man would have to be a mind reader to follow him some days when he had about six fingers of cough medicine aboard and began to paw around in the dark and musty garret of his memory for moth-eaten words that didn't mean anything.
