Chapter I
JULIA PATTERSON: a magazine writer. JACK BULLEN: a parlor Socialist. LAURA HEGAN: Hegan's daughter. ALLAN MONTAGUE: a lawyer. JIM HEGAN: the traction king.
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JULIA
PATTERSON:
a
magazine
writer.
JACK
BULLEN:
a
parlor
Socialist.
LAURA
HEGAN:
Hegan's
daughter.
ALLAN
MONTAGUE:
a
lawyer.
JIM
HEGAN:
the
traction
king.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
JULIA
PATTERSON:
a
magazine
writer.
Line 2
JACK
BULLEN:
a
parlor
Socialist.
Line 3
LAURA
HEGAN:
Hegan's
daughter.
Line 4
ALLAN
MONTAGUE:
a
lawyer.
Line 5
JIM
HEGAN:
the
traction
king.
Learner Dictionary
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Parlor
noun
US /ˈpɑːrlər/
an old-fashioned sitting room
From this reading “JACK BULLEN: a parlor Socialist.”
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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 JULIA PATTERSON: a magazine writer.
ALLAN
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BULLEN
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From this reading JACK BULLEN: a parlor Socialist.
daughter
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From this reading LAURA HEGAN: Hegan's daughter.
HEGAN
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Hegan's
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JACK
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JIM
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From this reading JIM HEGAN: the traction king.
JULIA
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king
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From this reading JIM HEGAN: the traction king.
LAURA
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lawyer
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From this reading ALLAN MONTAGUE: a lawyer.
magazine
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From this reading JULIA PATTERSON: a magazine writer.
MONTAGUE
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From this reading ALLAN MONTAGUE: a lawyer.
parlornounUS /ˈpɑːrlər/
an old-fashioned sitting room
From this reading JACK BULLEN: a parlor Socialist.
PATTERSON
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From this reading JULIA PATTERSON: a magazine writer.
Socialist
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From this reading JACK BULLEN: a parlor Socialist.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JIM HEGAN: the traction king.
traction
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writer
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From this reading JULIA PATTERSON: a magazine writer.