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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 When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
act
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From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
affairs
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
ahead
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Time is an eel.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No matter how you sand your fingers, it wriggles through and is gone.
any
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
awakes
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From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
Bloomfield
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
Cantor
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
capable
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
carrying
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
club
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
day
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
days
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From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
double
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
drove
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
eel
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From this reading Time is an eel.
especially
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From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
feverish
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From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
find
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From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
finds
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
fingers
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From this reading No matter how you sand your fingers, it wriggles through and is gone.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
freight
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
future
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
gone
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From this reading No matter how you sand your fingers, it wriggles through and is gone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
Hills
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
hopelessly
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
hour
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
how
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From this reading No matter how you sand your fingers, it wriggles through and is gone.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Time is an eel.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No matter how you sand your fingers, it wriggles through and is gone.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
laboring
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From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
lay
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
man
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
matter
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From this reading No matter how you sand your fingers, it wriggles through and is gone.
month
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From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
moving
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
necessary
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No matter how you sand your fingers, it wriggles through and is gone.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
office
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
Potter
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From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
pry
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
purpose
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
pushed
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
sand
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From this reading No matter how you sand your fingers, it wriggles through and is gone.
sets
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From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
single
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
things
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading No matter how you sand your fingers, it wriggles through and is gone.
TimenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Time is an eel.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
to-morrow
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From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
upheaved
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
urgent
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From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
view
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From this reading When Potter drove to his office from the Bloomfield Hills club he was a man of single purpose, and that purpose was to pry into the affairs of Cantor until they lay upheaved for any man to view.
Waite
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From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
week
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From this reading One sets an act for to-morrow, especially if one be laboring as Potter Waite was laboring in those feverish days, and awakes suddenly to find it is next week or next month--and nothing had been done.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When every hour of the day is carrying a double freight of necessary things to be done, the urgent thing that is capable of being pushed ahead finds itself moving hopelessly into the future.
wriggles
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From this reading No matter how you sand your fingers, it wriggles through and is gone.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading No matter how you sand your fingers, it wriggles through and is gone.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading No matter how you sand your fingers, it wriggles through and is gone.
