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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 “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “That,” answered the district attorney, “was picked up at a small hotel on Cuthbert Road, just back of the markets.”
Arthur
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
attorney
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From this reading “That,” answered the district attorney, “was picked up at a small hotel on Cuthbert Road, just back of the markets.”
back
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From this reading “That,” answered the district attorney, “was picked up at a small hotel on Cuthbert Road, just back of the markets.”
bottle
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
cast
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
caused
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
chair
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
corner
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
coroner
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
Cumberland
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
Cuthbert
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From this reading “That,” answered the district attorney, “was picked up at a small hotel on Cuthbert Road, just back of the markets.”
desperate
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
detective
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
district
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From this reading “That,” answered the district attorney, “was picked up at a small hotel on Cuthbert Road, just back of the markets.”
don't
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From this reading “I don’t know the place.”
eyes
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
falling
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
far
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From this reading “It’s not far from The Whispering Pines.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “It’s not far from The Whispering Pines.
get
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
glance
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
glanced
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
held
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
hotel
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From this reading “That,” answered the district attorney, “was picked up at a small hotel on Cuthbert Road, just back of the markets.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I don’t know the place.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
It's
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From this reading “It’s not far from The Whispering Pines.
jaw
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
just
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From this reading “That,” answered the district attorney, “was picked up at a small hotel on Cuthbert Road, just back of the markets.”
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t know the place.”
label
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
leaving
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
limply
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
markets
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From this reading “That,” answered the district attorney, “was picked up at a small hotel on Cuthbert Road, just back of the markets.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “It’s not far from The Whispering Pines.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “That,” answered the district attorney, “was picked up at a small hotel on Cuthbert Road, just back of the markets.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
picked
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From this reading “That,” answered the district attorney, “was picked up at a small hotel on Cuthbert Road, just back of the markets.”
Pines
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From this reading “It’s not far from The Whispering Pines.
place
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From this reading “I don’t know the place.”
pulling
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
quick
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
Road
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From this reading “That,” answered the district attorney, “was picked up at a small hotel on Cuthbert Road, just back of the markets.”
sank
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
saw
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
self-possession
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
shape
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
significant
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
small
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From this reading “That,” answered the district attorney, “was picked up at a small hotel on Cuthbert Road, just back of the markets.”
starting
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
Sweetwater
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
table
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
together
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
up
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From this reading Arthur Cumberland glanced at the bottle the detective held up, saw the label, saw the shape, and sank limply in his chair, his eyes starting, his jaw falling.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “That,” answered the district attorney, “was picked up at a small hotel on Cuthbert Road, just back of the markets.”
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
Whispering
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From this reading “It’s not far from The Whispering Pines.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
withdrew
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From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Where did you get that?” he asked, pulling himself together with a sudden desperate self-possession that caused Sweetwater to cast a quick significant glance at the coroner, as he withdrew to his corner, leaving the bottle on the table.
