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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 Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
automobiles
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From this reading To-day it was overcrowded with parked automobiles.
Avenue
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From this reading At his left opened the Campus Martius, bisected by the magnificent width of Woodward Avenue.
away
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From this reading At his right, Cadillac Square stretched broadly away to the County Building's square tower.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
bisected
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From this reading At his left opened the Campus Martius, bisected by the magnificent width of Woodward Avenue.
broadly
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From this reading At his right, Cadillac Square stretched broadly away to the County Building's square tower.
Building's
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From this reading At his right, Cadillac Square stretched broadly away to the County Building's square tower.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At his left opened the Campus Martius, bisected by the magnificent width of Woodward Avenue.
Cadillac
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From this reading At his right, Cadillac Square stretched broadly away to the County Building's square tower.
Campus
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From this reading At his left opened the Campus Martius, bisected by the magnificent width of Woodward Avenue.
car
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From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
city
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From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
County
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From this reading At his right, Cadillac Square stretched broadly away to the County Building's square tower.
curb
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From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
decaying
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From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
evil
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From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
heart
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From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To-day it was overcrowded with parked automobiles.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At his left opened the Campus Martius, bisected by the magnificent width of Woodward Avenue.
looking
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From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
magnificent
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From this reading At his left opened the Campus Martius, bisected by the magnificent width of Woodward Avenue.
market
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From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
Martius
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From this reading At his left opened the Campus Martius, bisected by the magnificent width of Woodward Avenue.
meat-stalls
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From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
moment
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From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
new
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From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
odor
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From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
opened
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From this reading At his left opened the Campus Martius, bisected by the magnificent width of Woodward Avenue.
overcrowded
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From this reading To-day it was overcrowded with parked automobiles.
parked
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From this reading To-day it was overcrowded with parked automobiles.
Potter
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From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
public
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From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
reeking
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From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
refuse
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From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At his right, Cadillac Square stretched broadly away to the County Building's square tower.
space
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From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
Square
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From this reading At his right, Cadillac Square stretched broadly away to the County Building's square tower.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
stretched
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From this reading At his right, Cadillac Square stretched broadly away to the County Building's square tower.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At his right, Cadillac Square stretched broadly away to the County Building's square tower.
To-day
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From this reading To-day it was overcrowded with parked automobiles.
tower
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From this reading At his right, Cadillac Square stretched broadly away to the County Building's square tower.
unsightly
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From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
vegetables
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From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
Waite
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From this reading Potter Waite stood a moment at the curb beside his car, looking at the heart of this great new city.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To-day it was overcrowded with parked automobiles.
width
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From this reading At his left opened the Campus Martius, bisected by the magnificent width of Woodward Avenue.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
WithinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Within his memory this handsome space had been a public market, unsightly, evil of odor, reeking with decaying vegetables and the refuse of the meat-stalls.
Woodward
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From this reading At his left opened the Campus Martius, bisected by the magnificent width of Woodward Avenue.
