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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 Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
Any
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From this reading "Any news of Potter Waite to-day?"
AnybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading "Anybody seen him?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
bar
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
chair
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
change
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From this reading "No change," La Mothe said.
crowd
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
dropped
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Anybody seen him?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
La
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From this reading "No change," La Mothe said.
like
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From this reading "Still unconscious or something like that."
Mothe
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From this reading "No change," La Mothe said.
news
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From this reading "Any news of Potter Waite to-day?"
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "No change," La Mothe said.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Any news of Potter Waite to-day?"
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Still unconscious or something like that."
Pontchartrain
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
Potter
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From this reading "Any news of Potter Waite to-day?"
property
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
regarded
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said
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From this reading "No change," La Mothe said.
seen
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From this reading "Anybody seen him?
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Still unconscious or something like that."
StillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Still unconscious or something like that."
table
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Still unconscious or something like that."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
to-day
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From this reading "Any news of Potter Waite to-day?"
Tom
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
unconscious
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From this reading "Still unconscious or something like that."
Waite
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From this reading "Any news of Potter Waite to-day?"
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
Watts
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.