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addressed
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From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “There goes another, chief.
assistant
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From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There surely is something going on to-night,” the young man at the window declared excitedly.
Carter's
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From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
chief
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From this reading “There goes another, chief.
declared
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detective
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From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
excitedly
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far
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From this reading That makes five so far.
five
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From this reading That makes five so far.
Garvan
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From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
goes
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going
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greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
INFORMATION
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From this reading STARTLING INFORMATION.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There surely is something going on to-night,” the young man at the window declared excitedly.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
makes
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From this reading That makes five so far.
man
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New
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From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
Nick
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From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There surely is something going on to-night,” the young man at the window declared excitedly.
Patsy
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From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
second
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From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading That makes five so far.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There surely is something going on to-night,” the young man at the window declared excitedly.
STARTLING
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From this reading STARTLING INFORMATION.
surely
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From this reading There surely is something going on to-night,” the young man at the window declared excitedly.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That makes five so far.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There surely is something going on to-night,” the young man at the window declared excitedly.
There
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From this reading “There goes another, chief.
to-night
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
window
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York
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From this reading It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Carter’s second assistant, and he who was addressed was the great New York detective himself.
young
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