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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 next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
advertisements
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From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
arrested
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
bakers
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.
begin
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From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.
bushelmen
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Then he turned to the male-help-wanted column, but with disagreeable feelings.
cashier
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From this reading One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.
column
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From this reading Then he turned to the male-help-wanted column, but with disagreeable feelings.
compositors
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
concerned
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
cooks
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
day
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From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.
disagreeable
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From this reading Then he turned to the male-help-wanted column, but with disagreeable feelings.
discover
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From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.
drivers
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
eye
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
feelings
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From this reading Then he turned to the male-help-wanted column, but with disagreeable feelings.
few
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From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
finding
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.
furniture
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From this reading One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
house
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From this reading One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.
how
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From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.
like
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
list
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From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
making
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From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
male-help-wanted
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From this reading Then he turned to the male-help-wanted column, but with disagreeable feelings.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
mostly
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
notes
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From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.
only
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
other
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From this reading One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
papers
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From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
salesman
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From this reading One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.
scanned
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
Then
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From this reading Then he turned to the male-help-wanted column, but with disagreeable feelings.
things
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then he turned to the male-help-wanted column, but with disagreeable feelings.
turned
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From this reading Then he turned to the male-help-wanted column, but with disagreeable feelings.
two
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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
waded
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From this reading The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
wanted
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From this reading One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.
whiskey
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From this reading One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.
wholesale
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From this reading One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then he turned to the male-help-wanted column, but with disagreeable feelings.
