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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 Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
apartment
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From this reading The apartment in which he stood was plainly but handsomely furnished as a small withdrawing room.
apparent
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From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
approved
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From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The apartment in which he stood was plainly but handsomely furnished as a small withdrawing room.
assurance
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From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
Avenue
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From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
birth
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From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
breeding
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From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
broadened
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From this reading His shoulders, too, seemed to have broadened, and his face had lost its cadaverous pallor.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The apartment in which he stood was plainly but handsomely furnished as a small withdrawing room.
cadaverous
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From this reading His shoulders, too, seemed to have broadened, and his face had lost its cadaverous pallor.
carried
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From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
clothes
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From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
cut
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From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
days
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From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
dignity
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From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
distinction
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From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
easily
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From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
evening
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From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
face
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From this reading His shoulders, too, seemed to have broadened, and his face had lost its cadaverous pallor.
fashionable
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From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
Fifth
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From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
furnished
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From this reading The apartment in which he stood was plainly but handsomely furnished as a small withdrawing room.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
half-starved
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From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
handsomely
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From this reading The apartment in which he stood was plainly but handsomely furnished as a small withdrawing room.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading His shoulders, too, seemed to have broadened, and his face had lost its cadaverous pallor.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
hotel
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From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading His shoulders, too, seemed to have broadened, and his face had lost its cadaverous pallor.
later
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From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
lost
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From this reading His shoulders, too, seemed to have broadened, and his face had lost its cadaverous pallor.
misery
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From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
months
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From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
most
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From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
pallor
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From this reading His shoulders, too, seemed to have broadened, and his face had lost its cadaverous pallor.
passionate
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From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
Philip
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From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
plainlynounUS /ˈplainly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The apartment in which he stood was plainly but handsomely furnished as a small withdrawing room.
reception
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From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
room
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From this reading The apartment in which he stood was plainly but handsomely furnished as a small withdrawing room.
rooms
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From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His shoulders, too, seemed to have broadened, and his face had lost its cadaverous pallor.
shoulders
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From this reading His shoulders, too, seemed to have broadened, and his face had lost its cadaverous pallor.
small
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From this reading The apartment in which he stood was plainly but handsomely furnished as a small withdrawing room.
smaller
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From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
suite
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From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
surface
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From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
Three
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From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The distinction of birth and breeding, little apparent in those half-starved, passionate days of his misery, had come easily to the surface.
too
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From this reading His shoulders, too, seemed to have broadened, and his face had lost its cadaverous pallor.
transforming
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From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
very
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From this reading Three months later, a very different Philip stood in the smaller of a handsome suite of reception rooms in a fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
wearing
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From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The apartment in which he stood was plainly but handsomely furnished as a small withdrawing room.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was wearing evening clothes of the most approved cut and carried himself with a dignity and assurance entirely transforming.
withdrawing
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From this reading The apartment in which he stood was plainly but handsomely furnished as a small withdrawing room.
