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1903
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From this reading _Published November, 1903_ THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS, RAHWAY, N. J.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading AUTHOR OF "AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT," "A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.
accordingly
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From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
all
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From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AUTHOR OF "AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT," "A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.
atmosphere
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From this reading The atmosphere of the office that morning was a shade less genial than usual.
AUTHOR
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT," "A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
cab
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From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
COMPANY
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From this reading _Published November, 1903_ THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS, RAHWAY, N. J.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
downtown
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From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
Elevated
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From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
ETC
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT," "A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.
fought
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From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
genial
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From this reading The atmosphere of the office that morning was a shade less genial than usual.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
inevitable
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From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
J
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From this reading _Published November, 1903_ THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS, RAHWAY, N. J.
jam
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From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
less
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From this reading The atmosphere of the office that morning was a shade less genial than usual.
many
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From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
MERSHON
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From this reading _Published November, 1903_ THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS, RAHWAY, N. J.
mid-March
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minutes
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From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The atmosphere of the office that morning was a shade less genial than usual.
N
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From this reading _Published November, 1903_ THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS, RAHWAY, N. J.
New
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November
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From this reading _Published November, 1903_ THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS, RAHWAY, N. J.
nowhere
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From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
ODDS
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT," "A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT," "A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.
office
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From this reading The atmosphere of the office that morning was a shade less genial than usual.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
PRESS
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From this reading _Published November, 1903_ THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS, RAHWAY, N. J.
Published
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From this reading _Published November, 1903_ THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS, RAHWAY, N. J.
RAHWAY
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From this reading _Published November, 1903_ THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS, RAHWAY, N. J.
REGENT
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT," "A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
schedule
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From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
shade
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From this reading The atmosphere of the office that morning was a shade less genial than usual.
sleet
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From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
slush
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From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
snow
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From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
SOLDIER
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT," "A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.
storm
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From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
suffered
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From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
tempers
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From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The atmosphere of the office that morning was a shade less genial than usual.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The atmosphere of the office that morning was a shade less genial than usual.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF "AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT," "A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.
there
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From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
trains
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From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
unobtainable
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From this reading I had found a cab unobtainable, and there was, of course, the inevitable jam on the Elevated, with the trains many minutes behind the schedule.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
usual
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From this reading The atmosphere of the office that morning was a shade less genial than usual.
VIRGINIA
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT," "A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The atmosphere of the office that morning was a shade less genial than usual.
way
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From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading AUTHOR OF "AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT," "A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.
York
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From this reading We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in mid-March New York, and our tempers had suffered accordingly.
