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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 We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
admitted
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
affection
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
all
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also
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From this reading Yet at the last analysis these are also discursions and anecdotes.
analysis
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From this reading Yet at the last analysis these are also discursions and anecdotes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
anecdotal
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From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
anecdotes
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From this reading Yet at the last analysis these are also discursions and anecdotes.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Yet at the last analysis these are also discursions and anecdotes.
back
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
big
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
Chinatown
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Chinese
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clubs
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
concerning
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cordially
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
customs
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From this reading They can tell you of all sorts of queer, unknown customs and facts, and can show you all sorts of strange and unusual things.
dailies
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
delicate
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From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
discursions
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From this reading Yet at the last analysis these are also discursions and anecdotes.
discursive
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From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
drink
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
empirical
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From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
everywhere
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
exclusive
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
externals
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From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
eyes
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From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
facts
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From this reading They can tell you of all sorts of queer, unknown customs and facts, and can show you all sorts of strange and unusual things.
food
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
gather
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From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
generally
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
get
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From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
glimpse
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From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
gratis
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
greeted
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
HEATHEN
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From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
how
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From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
knowledge
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From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
knows
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From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet at the last analysis these are also discursions and anecdotes.
machinery
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From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
mainly
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men
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
more
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moves
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much
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From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
only
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From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
patted
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
queer
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From this reading They can tell you of all sorts of queer, unknown customs and facts, and can show you all sorts of strange and unusual things.
rarely
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From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
really
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From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
reporters
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
show
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From this reading They can tell you of all sorts of queer, unknown customs and facts, and can show you all sorts of strange and unusual things.
Some
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
sorts
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From this reading They can tell you of all sorts of queer, unknown customs and facts, and can show you all sorts of strange and unusual things.
strange
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They can tell you of all sorts of queer, unknown customs and facts, and can show you all sorts of strange and unusual things.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
there
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Yet at the last analysis these are also discursions and anecdotes.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They can tell you of all sorts of queer, unknown customs and facts, and can show you all sorts of strange and unusual things.
things
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From this reading They can tell you of all sorts of queer, unknown customs and facts, and can show you all sorts of strange and unusual things.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE HEATHEN This must be mainly discursive and anecdotal, for no one really knows much more than externals concerning the Chinese.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
tongs
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
treated
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From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
twinkling
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From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
unknown
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From this reading They can tell you of all sorts of queer, unknown customs and facts, and can show you all sorts of strange and unusual things.
unusual
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From this reading They can tell you of all sorts of queer, unknown customs and facts, and can show you all sorts of strange and unusual things.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We gather empirical knowledge: only rarely do we think we get a glimpse of how the delicate machinery moves behind those twinkling eyes.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet at the last analysis these are also discursions and anecdotes.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Some men there are, generally reporters on the big dailies, who have been admitted to the tongs; who can take you into the exclusive Chinese clubs; who are everywhere in Chinatown greeted cordially, treated gratis to strange food and drink, and patted on the back with every appearance of affection.
