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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 Such was the fate of a magazine which rebelled.
American
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From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
answer
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From this reading As for those which submitted, the answer is writ large on our newsstands.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As for those which submitted, the answer is writ large on our newsstands.
become
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
better
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From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
Collier's
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From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
consciencenounUS /ˈkɑːnʃəns/
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading The masters of finance have taken not merely the conscience from them, they have taken the life from them.
died
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From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
editorial
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
Everybody's
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From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
fate
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From this reading Such was the fate of a magazine which rebelled.
finance
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From this reading The masters of finance have taken not merely the conscience from them, they have taken the life from them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As for those which submitted, the answer is writ large on our newsstands.
friends
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From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
frog
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The masters of finance have taken not merely the conscience from them, they have taken the life from them.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
honor
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From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As for those which submitted, the answer is writ large on our newsstands.
large
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From this reading As for those which submitted, the answer is writ large on our newsstands.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The masters of finance have taken not merely the conscience from them, they have taken the life from them.
magazine
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From this reading Such was the fate of a magazine which rebelled.
man
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From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
masters
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From this reading The masters of finance have taken not merely the conscience from them, they have taken the life from them.
McClure's
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From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
merely
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From this reading The masters of finance have taken not merely the conscience from them, they have taken the life from them.
newsstands
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From this reading As for those which submitted, the answer is writ large on our newsstands.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The masters of finance have taken not merely the conscience from them, they have taken the life from them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Such was the fate of a magazine which rebelled.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As for those which submitted, the answer is writ large on our newsstands.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As for those which submitted, the answer is writ large on our newsstands.
out
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
pithed
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
place
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
put
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
rebelled
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From this reading Such was the fate of a magazine which rebelled.
red
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
say
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From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
soap-boxer
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
Socialist
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
staff
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
submitted
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From this reading As for those which submitted, the answer is writ large on our newsstands.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such was the fate of a magazine which rebelled.
survived
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From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
taken
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From this reading The masters of finance have taken not merely the conscience from them, they have taken the life from them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Such was the fate of a magazine which rebelled.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The masters of finance have taken not merely the conscience from them, they have taken the life from them.
there
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The masters of finance have taken not merely the conscience from them, they have taken the life from them.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading As for those which submitted, the answer is writ large on our newsstands.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
turned
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
veins
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From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Such was the fate of a magazine which rebelled.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Such was the fate of a magazine which rebelled.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading If there was a man on the editorial staff with red blood in his veins, they turned him out to become a Socialist soap-boxer, and in his place they put a pithed frog.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
woman
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From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “McClure’s,” “Collier’s,” “Everybody’s,” the “American” have survived, as a woman without virtue, as a man without honor, of whom his friends say that he would better have died.
writ
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From this reading As for those which submitted, the answer is writ large on our newsstands.
