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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 Another slaying a few days after the first would have been sensational enough in itself.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Another slaying a few days after the first would have been sensational enough in itself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
AnothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Another slaying a few days after the first would have been sensational enough in itself.
apartment
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From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In newspaper jargonese it was what is known as "crowding."
bar-conscious
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From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Another slaying a few days after the first would have been sensational enough in itself.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
brutal
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From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
chalked
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
copy-desk
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From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
covering
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
crowding
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From this reading In newspaper jargonese it was what is known as "crowding."
days
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From this reading Another slaying a few days after the first would have been sensational enough in itself.
department
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
dividednounUS /ˈdivided/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
drove
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From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
Eaton-Lathrup
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From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
editor
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From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
editor's
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From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
enough
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From this reading Another slaying a few days after the first would have been sensational enough in itself.
extra
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
few
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From this reading Another slaying a few days after the first would have been sensational enough in itself.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Another slaying a few days after the first would have been sensational enough in itself.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Another slaying a few days after the first would have been sensational enough in itself.
heat
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
hours
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In newspaper jargonese it was what is known as "crowding."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In newspaper jargonese it was what is known as "crowding."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In newspaper jargonese it was what is known as "crowding."
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Another slaying a few days after the first would have been sensational enough in itself.
jargonese
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From this reading In newspaper jargonese it was what is known as "crowding."
July
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
known
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From this reading In newspaper jargonese it was what is known as "crowding."
Lathrup
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
lifeless
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From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
made
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From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
men
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From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
minds
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From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
more
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From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
newspaper
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From this reading In newspaper jargonese it was what is known as "crowding."
newspapermen
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
out
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From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
overtime
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
own
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From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
police
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
reporters
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From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
second
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From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
sensational
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From this reading Another slaying a few days after the first would have been sensational enough in itself.
slaying
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
staggering
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
strangler
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From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
two
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From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
unusually
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From this reading It drove copy-desk men half out of their minds and made reporters more than unusually bar-conscious.
up
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From this reading The overtime chalked up by the police department in the July heat was no more staggering than the extra hours that had to be divided up between newspapermen covering the Lathrup slaying.
vanished
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From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
victim
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From this reading But two days after the lifeless body of a second Eaton-Lathrup editor had been found in that editor's own apartment, the victim of a brutal strangler, a third Eaton-Lathrup editor vanished.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In newspaper jargonese it was what is known as "crowding."
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In newspaper jargonese it was what is known as "crowding."
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Another slaying a few days after the first would have been sensational enough in itself.
