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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 In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As he stood here he saw again the tall figure of Horace Brooks approaching.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
angles
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
approaching
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From this reading As he stood here he saw again the tall figure of Horace Brooks approaching.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he stood here he saw again the tall figure of Horace Brooks approaching.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
Brooks
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From this reading As he stood here he saw again the tall figure of Horace Brooks approaching.
building
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From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
case
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From this reading He walked even more stooped forward than was usually his case, shambling, his feet turned out at wide angles.
central
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
courthouse
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From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
courtrooms
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
crossed
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
curving
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
DIEUDONNE
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From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
down
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From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He walked even more stooped forward than was usually his case, shambling, his feet turned out at wide angles.
feet
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From this reading He walked even more stooped forward than was usually his case, shambling, his feet turned out at wide angles.
figure
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From this reading As he stood here he saw again the tall figure of Horace Brooks approaching.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He walked even more stooped forward than was usually his case, shambling, his feet turned out at wide angles.
haggard
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From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
halls
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From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he stood here he saw again the tall figure of Horace Brooks approaching.
Henderson
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From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As he stood here he saw again the tall figure of Horace Brooks approaching.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He walked even more stooped forward than was usually his case, shambling, his feet turned out at wide angles.
Horace
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From this reading As he stood here he saw again the tall figure of Horace Brooks approaching.
immediate
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
Judge
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From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
justice
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
LANE
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From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
leading
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
more
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From this reading He walked even more stooped forward than was usually his case, shambling, his feet turned out at wide angles.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
offices
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
out
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From this reading He walked even more stooped forward than was usually his case, shambling, his feet turned out at wide angles.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
saw
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From this reading As he stood here he saw again the tall figure of Horace Brooks approaching.
servants
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
shaken
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From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
shambling
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From this reading He walked even more stooped forward than was usually his case, shambling, his feet turned out at wide angles.
space
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
stair
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
STATE
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From this reading THE STATE VS.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As he stood here he saw again the tall figure of Horace Brooks approaching.
stooped
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From this reading He walked even more stooped forward than was usually his case, shambling, his feet turned out at wide angles.
tall
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From this reading As he stood here he saw again the tall figure of Horace Brooks approaching.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He walked even more stooped forward than was usually his case, shambling, his feet turned out at wide angles.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STATE VS.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
traversed
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From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
turned
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From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
two
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
up
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From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
usually
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From this reading He walked even more stooped forward than was usually his case, shambling, his feet turned out at wide angles.
VS
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From this reading THE STATE VS.
walked
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From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In the central space, where the two halls crossed at right angles, was a curving stair leading up to the courtrooms and the offices of the immediate servants of justice.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading DIEUDONNE LANE Judge Henderson, haggard, shaken, turned and walked down one of the halls which traversed the courthouse building.
wide
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From this reading He walked even more stooped forward than was usually his case, shambling, his feet turned out at wide angles.
