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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The favorite story came to his ears again and again.
allowed
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From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then he answered him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
came
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From this reading The favorite story came to his ears again and again.
conversation
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
dine
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
dropped
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
eager
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From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
eagerness
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From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
ears
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From this reading The favorite story came to his ears again and again.
favorite
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From this reading The favorite story came to his ears again and again.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the first man who referred to the matter he listened until he had said his say.
flag
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From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
fray
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From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
groups
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
home
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From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
hotel
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
interest
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
listened
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From this reading To the first man who referred to the matter he listened until he had said his say.
lobbies
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
man
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From this reading To the first man who referred to the matter he listened until he had said his say.
matter
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From this reading To the first man who referred to the matter he listened until he had said his say.
Men
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
met
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
others
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
referred
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From this reading To the first man who referred to the matter he listened until he had said his say.
renewed
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
rooms
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
said
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From this reading To the first man who referred to the matter he listened until he had said his say.
say
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From this reading To the first man who referred to the matter he listened until he had said his say.
speak
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
story
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From this reading The favorite story came to his ears again and again.
streets
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
talkers
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
Then
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From this reading Then he answered him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
truth
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
turned
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From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading To the first man who referred to the matter he listened until he had said his say.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went home quite eager for the fray, and his eagerness was not allowed to flag.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading To the first man who referred to the matter he listened until he had said his say.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Men met him in the streets, and stopped to speak of it; others dropped into his rooms to hear the truth from himself, when he went to his hotel to dine; talkers standing in groups in the lobbies turned to look at him, and when he had passed them returned to their conversation with renewed interest.
