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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 Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
ambitions
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
ANNE
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
average
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
back
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From this reading His gray hair was swept back smoothly from his temples; his red cheeks, fresh reaped, bore the tinge of health.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
betokened
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From this reading The large white hand before him on the glass-topped table betokened prosperity and success in every faint and fat-hid line.
bore
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From this reading His gray hair was swept back smoothly from his temples; his red cheeks, fresh reaped, bore the tinge of health.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
cheeks
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From this reading His gray hair was swept back smoothly from his temples; his red cheeks, fresh reaped, bore the tinge of health.
clean
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
cool
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
country
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
development
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
equipment
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The large white hand before him on the glass-topped table betokened prosperity and success in every faint and fat-hid line.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
faint
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From this reading The large white hand before him on the glass-topped table betokened prosperity and success in every faint and fat-hid line.
fat-hid
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From this reading The large white hand before him on the glass-topped table betokened prosperity and success in every faint and fat-hid line.
field
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
figure
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From this reading As he sat he was a not unpleasing figure of middle-aged success.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
fresh
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From this reading His gray hair was swept back smoothly from his temples; his red cheeks, fresh reaped, bore the tinge of health.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
front
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
glass
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
glass-topped
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From this reading The large white hand before him on the glass-topped table betokened prosperity and success in every faint and fat-hid line.
gray
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From this reading His gray hair was swept back smoothly from his temples; his red cheeks, fresh reaped, bore the tinge of health.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
hair
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From this reading His gray hair was swept back smoothly from his temples; his red cheeks, fresh reaped, bore the tinge of health.
hand
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From this reading The large white hand before him on the glass-topped table betokened prosperity and success in every faint and fat-hid line.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
health
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From this reading His gray hair was swept back smoothly from his temples; his red cheeks, fresh reaped, bore the tinge of health.
Henderson
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
ideas
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
Judge
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
large
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From this reading The large white hand before him on the glass-topped table betokened prosperity and success in every faint and fat-hid line.
lawyer
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
line
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From this reading The large white hand before him on the glass-topped table betokened prosperity and success in every faint and fat-hid line.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
middle-aged
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From this reading As he sat he was a not unpleasing figure of middle-aged success.
modern
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
most
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading As he sat he was a not unpleasing figure of middle-aged success.
now
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
occupied
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
office
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
OGLESBY
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The large white hand before him on the glass-topped table betokened prosperity and success in every faint and fat-hid line.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
outer
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
own
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
perfect
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
period
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
personal
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
proper
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
prosperity
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From this reading The large white hand before him on the glass-topped table betokened prosperity and success in every faint and fat-hid line.
reached
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
reaped
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From this reading His gray hair was swept back smoothly from his temples; his red cheeks, fresh reaped, bore the tinge of health.
red
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From this reading His gray hair was swept back smoothly from his temples; his red cheeks, fresh reaped, bore the tinge of health.
room
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
sat
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From this reading As he sat he was a not unpleasing figure of middle-aged success.
sitting
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
smoothly
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From this reading His gray hair was swept back smoothly from his temples; his red cheeks, fresh reaped, bore the tinge of health.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
spacious
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
success
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From this reading As he sat he was a not unpleasing figure of middle-aged success.
swept
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From this reading His gray hair was swept back smoothly from his temples; his red cheeks, fresh reaped, bore the tinge of health.
table
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
temples
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From this reading His gray hair was swept back smoothly from his temples; his red cheeks, fresh reaped, bore the tinge of health.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
tinge
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From this reading His gray hair was swept back smoothly from his temples; his red cheeks, fresh reaped, bore the tinge of health.
top
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
unpleasing
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From this reading As he sat he was a not unpleasing figure of middle-aged success.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
white
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From this reading The large white hand before him on the glass-topped table betokened prosperity and success in every faint and fat-hid line.
wider
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
William
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
work-bench
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From this reading ANNE OGLESBY Judge William Henderson was sitting alone in the front room of his cool and spacious office, before him his long table with its clean glass top, so different from the work-bench of the average country lawyer.
world
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From this reading Everything about him was modern and perfect in his office equipment, for the judge had reached the period in his development in which he brought in most of his own personal ideas from an outer and a wider world--that same world which now occupied him as a field proper for one of his ambitions.
