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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 After a fortnight of his new life, Philip took stock of himself and his belongings.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After a fortnight of his new life, Philip took stock of himself and his belongings.
all
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From this reading He had also, apparently, been a collector of newspapers of certain dates, all of which contained some such paragraph as this:
also
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From this reading He had also, apparently, been a collector of newspapers of certain dates, all of which contained some such paragraph as this:
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After a fortnight of his new life, Philip took stock of himself and his belongings.
apparently
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From this reading He had also, apparently, been a collector of newspapers of certain dates, all of which contained some such paragraph as this:
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
ASTORIA
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From this reading DOUGLAS ROMILLY, WEALTHY ENGLISH BOOT MANUFACTURER, DISAPPEARS FROM THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had also, apparently, been a collector of newspapers of certain dates, all of which contained some such paragraph as this:
belongings
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From this reading After a fortnight of his new life, Philip took stock of himself and his belongings.
bodily
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From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
BOOT
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From this reading DOUGLAS ROMILLY, WEALTHY ENGLISH BOOT MANUFACTURER, DISAPPEARS FROM THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL.
Broadway
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
certain
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From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
collector
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From this reading He had also, apparently, been a collector of newspapers of certain dates, all of which contained some such paragraph as this:
contained
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From this reading He had also, apparently, been a collector of newspapers of certain dates, all of which contained some such paragraph as this:
dates
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From this reading He had also, apparently, been a collector of newspapers of certain dates, all of which contained some such paragraph as this:
DISAPPEARS
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From this reading DOUGLAS ROMILLY, WEALTHY ENGLISH BOOT MANUFACTURER, DISAPPEARS FROM THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL.
documents
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From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
DOUGLAS
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From this reading DOUGLAS ROMILLY, WEALTHY ENGLISH BOOT MANUFACTURER, DISAPPEARS FROM THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL.
England
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From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
ENGLISH
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From this reading DOUGLAS ROMILLY, WEALTHY ENGLISH BOOT MANUFACTURER, DISAPPEARS FROM THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
fortnight
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From this reading After a fortnight of his new life, Philip took stock of himself and his belongings.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
Further
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading After a fortnight of his new life, Philip took stock of himself and his belongings.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading After a fortnight of his new life, Philip took stock of himself and his belongings.
hotel
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After a fortnight of his new life, Philip took stock of himself and his belongings.
MANUFACTURER
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From this reading DOUGLAS ROMILLY, WEALTHY ENGLISH BOOT MANUFACTURER, DISAPPEARS FROM THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL.
Merton
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
monthly
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
Mr
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
new
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From this reading After a fortnight of his new life, Philip took stock of himself and his belongings.
newspapers
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From this reading He had also, apparently, been a collector of newspapers of certain dates, all of which contained some such paragraph as this:
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading After a fortnight of his new life, Philip took stock of himself and his belongings.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
owned
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From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
paragraph
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From this reading He had also, apparently, been a collector of newspapers of certain dates, all of which contained some such paragraph as this:
Philip
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From this reading After a fortnight of his new life, Philip took stock of himself and his belongings.
place
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From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
purlieus
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
residential
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
ROMILLY
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From this reading DOUGLAS ROMILLY, WEALTHY ENGLISH BOOT MANUFACTURER, DISAPPEARS FROM THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL.
rooms
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
small
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
some
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From this reading He had also, apparently, been a collector of newspapers of certain dates, all of which contained some such paragraph as this:
stock
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From this reading After a fortnight of his new life, Philip took stock of himself and his belongings.
story
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He had also, apparently, been a collector of newspapers of certain dates, all of which contained some such paragraph as this:
suite
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
taken
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From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
tenant
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
then
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From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He had also, apparently, been a collector of newspapers of certain dates, all of which contained some such paragraph as this:
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After a fortnight of his new life, Philip took stock of himself and his belongings.
top
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
uncomfortable
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
WALDORF
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From this reading DOUGLAS ROMILLY, WEALTHY ENGLISH BOOT MANUFACTURER, DISAPPEARS FROM THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL.
Ware
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From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway.
WEALTHY
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From this reading DOUGLAS ROMILLY, WEALTHY ENGLISH BOOT MANUFACTURER, DISAPPEARS FROM THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the first place, then, he owned a new name, taken bodily from certain documents which he had brought with him from England.
