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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 “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Madame Haupt was frying pork and onions, and had her door half open to let out the smoke.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
avenue
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
away
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From this reading Then he knocked louder, and she started and put it away.
black
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From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
bottle
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From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
dingy
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
door
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
flight
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
frying
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From this reading Madame Haupt was frying pork and onions, and had her door half open to let out the smoke.
glimpse
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From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Madame Haupt was frying pork and onions, and had her door half open to let out the smoke.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Madame Haupt was frying pork and onions, and had her door half open to let out the smoke.
hand
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
Haupt
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
Hebamme
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Madame Haupt was frying pork and onions, and had her door half open to let out the smoke.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
Jurgis
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From this reading Jurgis went up them, three at a time.
knock
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From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
knocked
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From this reading Then he knocked louder, and she started and put it away.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Madame Haupt was frying pork and onions, and had her door half open to let out the smoke.
lips
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From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
louder
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From this reading Then he knocked louder, and she started and put it away.
Madame
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
onions
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From this reading Madame Haupt was frying pork and onions, and had her door half open to let out the smoke.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Madame Haupt was frying pork and onions, and had her door half open to let out the smoke.
out
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From this reading Madame Haupt was frying pork and onions, and had her door half open to let out the smoke.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
pointing
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
pork
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From this reading Madame Haupt was frying pork and onions, and had her door half open to let out the smoke.
put
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From this reading Then he knocked louder, and she started and put it away.
ran
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
saloon
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
second-story
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he knocked louder, and she started and put it away.
side
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
sign
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
smoke
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From this reading Madame Haupt was frying pork and onions, and had her door half open to let out the smoke.
stairs
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
started
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From this reading Then he knocked louder, and she started and put it away.
swinging
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
swung
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From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Jurgis went up them, three at a time.
Then
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From this reading Then he knocked louder, and she started and put it away.
three
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From this reading Jurgis went up them, three at a time.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jurgis went up them, three at a time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Madame Haupt was frying pork and onions, and had her door half open to let out the smoke.
tried
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From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
turned
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From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
up
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
way
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From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jurgis went up them, three at a time.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he tried to knock upon it, it swung open the rest of the way, and he had a glimpse of her, with a black bottle turned up to her lips.
window
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From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Madame Haupt Hebamme”, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story window over a saloon on the avenue; at a side door was another sign, with a hand pointing up a dingy flight of stairs.
