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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 Montague was now a capitalist, and therefore a keeper of the gates of opportunity.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
admission
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From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
almost
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From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Montague was now a capitalist, and therefore a keeper of the gates of opportunity.
applied
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From this reading It was a very complicated problem, needless to say, but it had been solved successfully, and patents had been applied for, and a working model constructed.
arrived
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
automatically
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
awhile
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
business
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was a very complicated problem, needless to say, but it had been solved successfully, and patents had been applied for, and a working model constructed.
called
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
came
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
capitalist
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From this reading Montague was now a capitalist, and therefore a keeper of the gates of opportunity.
chatting
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
cheque
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
coal
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
complicated
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From this reading It was a very complicated problem, needless to say, but it had been solved successfully, and patents had been applied for, and a working model constructed.
constructed
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From this reading It was a very complicated problem, needless to say, but it had been solved successfully, and patents had been applied for, and a working model constructed.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
device
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
engineer
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
evening
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
finding
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From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
gates
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From this reading Montague was now a capitalist, and therefore a keeper of the gates of opportunity.
grandson
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
immediately
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From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
important
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
invention
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
keeper
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From this reading Montague was now a capitalist, and therefore a keeper of the gates of opportunity.
labouring
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
lay
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From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
Legion
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
loading
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
Loyal
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
Major
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
mechanical
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
met
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
model
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From this reading It was a very complicated problem, needless to say, but it had been solved successfully, and patents had been applied for, and a working model constructed.
Montague
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From this reading Montague was now a capitalist, and therefore a keeper of the gates of opportunity.
Montague's
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
needless
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From this reading It was a very complicated problem, needless to say, but it had been solved successfully, and patents had been applied for, and a working model constructed.
now
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From this reading Montague was now a capitalist, and therefore a keeper of the gates of opportunity.
occult
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From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Montague was now a capitalist, and therefore a keeper of the gates of opportunity.
old
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
opportunity
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From this reading Montague was now a capitalist, and therefore a keeper of the gates of opportunity.
out
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From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
patents
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From this reading It was a very complicated problem, needless to say, but it had been solved successfully, and patents had been applied for, and a working model constructed.
problem
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From this reading It was a very complicated problem, needless to say, but it had been solved successfully, and patents had been applied for, and a working model constructed.
proceeded
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
process
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
proposition
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
room
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
say
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From this reading It was a very complicated problem, needless to say, but it had been solved successfully, and patents had been applied for, and a working model constructed.
see
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
seekers
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From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
siege
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From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
solved
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From this reading It was a very complicated problem, needless to say, but it had been solved successfully, and patents had been applied for, and a working model constructed.
some
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From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
steamships
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
successfully
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From this reading It was a very complicated problem, needless to say, but it had been solved successfully, and patents had been applied for, and a working model constructed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Montague was now a capitalist, and therefore a keeper of the gates of opportunity.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Montague was now a capitalist, and therefore a keeper of the gates of opportunity.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
Thorne
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
times
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
unfold
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
up
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
very
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Montague was now a capitalist, and therefore a keeper of the gates of opportunity.
way
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From this reading It seemed as though the seekers for admission must have had some occult way of finding it out; almost immediately they began to lay siege to him.
week
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From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
weighing
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading About a week after his cheque arrived, Major Thorne, whom he had met the first evening at the Loyal Legion, called him up and asked to see him; and he came to Montague’s room that evening, and after chatting awhile about old times, proceeded to unfold a business proposition.
working
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From this reading It was a very complicated problem, needless to say, but it had been solved successfully, and patents had been applied for, and a working model constructed.
years
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
young
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From this reading It seemed that the Major had a grandson, a young mechanical engineer, who had been labouring for a couple of years at a very important invention, a device for loading coal upon steamships and weighing it automatically in the process.
