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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 Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusive gathering.
accommodation
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
all
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusive gathering.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
any
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
book
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
brings
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From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
bulk
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
called
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
care
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
collection
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
cover
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
discovery
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From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
effect
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From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
enterprise
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
ExceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
excluded
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
exclusive
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From this reading Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusive gathering.
find
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From this reading Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusive gathering.
five
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From this reading I have not written one now for quite a long time, and in the past five or six years I have made scarcely one a year.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
friendly
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
gathering
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From this reading Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusive gathering.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have not written one now for quite a long time, and in the past five or six years I have made scarcely one a year.
home
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From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
incidents
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
inclusive
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From this reading Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusive gathering.
industrious
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From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusive gathering.
kind
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From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
linked
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have not written one now for quite a long time, and in the past five or six years I have made scarcely one a year.
longer
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From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
Macmillan
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
made
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From this reading I have not written one now for quite a long time, and in the past five or six years I have made scarcely one a year.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
Many
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From this reading Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusive gathering.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
merit
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
Messrs
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
Nelson
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusive gathering.
now
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From this reading I have not written one now for quite a long time, and in the past five or six years I have made scarcely one a year.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
once
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From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I have not written one now for quite a long time, and in the past five or six years I have made scarcely one a year.
past
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From this reading I have not written one now for quite a long time, and in the past five or six years I have made scarcely one a year.
place
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From this reading Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusive gathering.
possible
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
questionable
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From this reading Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusive gathering.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have not written one now for quite a long time, and in the past five or six years I have made scarcely one a year.
read
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
render
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
revision
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From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
scarcely
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From this reading I have not written one now for quite a long time, and in the past five or six years I have made scarcely one a year.
selection
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From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
series
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
six
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From this reading I have not written one now for quite a long time, and in the past five or six years I have made scarcely one a year.
slightest
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
Sons
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
Space
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
stories
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
story
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
T
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From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
Tales
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
task
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From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
TimenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again.
two
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
up
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
very
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From this reading Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusive gathering.
volume
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From this reading Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called _Tales of Space and Time_, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
writer
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From this reading And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I was once an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the kind.
written
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From this reading I have not written one now for quite a long time, and in the past five or six years I have made scarcely one a year.
year
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From this reading I have not written one now for quite a long time, and in the past five or six years I have made scarcely one a year.
years
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From this reading I have not written one now for quite a long time, and in the past five or six years I have made scarcely one a year.
