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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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ABRAM
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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Al
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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arrivals
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
Author
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From this reading Author of “The Singular Miss Smith,” “The Glass House,” etc.
bag
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
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behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
bore
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
boxes
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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Contents
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corner
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
corrected
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departures
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
distributing
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
errors
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etc
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From this reading Author of “The Singular Miss Smith,” “The Glass House,” etc.
evidence
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
general
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
Glass
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From this reading Author of “The Singular Miss Smith,” “The Glass House,” etc.
grocery
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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HEWETT
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
Hewett's
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
high
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
House
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From this reading Author of “The Singular Miss Smith,” “The Glass House,” etc.
hurried
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
ignominious
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
known
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
leathern
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
left-hand
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
letters
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
mail
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
many
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
marred
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
Miss
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From this reading Author of “The Singular Miss Smith,” “The Glass House,” etc.
narrow
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
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numbered
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
Obvious
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occupied
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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old
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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original
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outer
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
papers
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
print
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produced
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punctuation
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Singular
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From this reading Author of “The Singular Miss Smith,” “The Glass House,” etc.
Smith
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From this reading Author of “The Singular Miss Smith,” “The Glass House,” etc.
son
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
space
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
store
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
surface
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
Table
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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There
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From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
tier
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From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
Transcriber
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading ABRAM HEWETT and his son “Al” were distributing the mail in the narrow space behind the high tier of numbered glass boxes which occupied the left-hand corner of the general store known as “Hewett’s grocery.”
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading There were not many letters and papers in the old leathern bag whose marred outer surface bore evidence to its many hurried departures and ignominious arrivals.
work
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