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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 To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
afterward
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All
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From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
almost
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
back
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
begin
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From this reading To begin with, Old Mother Flintstone, well known in the neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, was dead.
best
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
black
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
Carter
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
case
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Chick
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chief
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
couch
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
Darwin
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To begin with, Old Mother Flintstone, well known in the neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, was dead.
death
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From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
decrepit
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
delectable
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
die
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From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
died
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
England
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
executed
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
fence
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
Flintstone
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From this reading To begin with, Old Mother Flintstone, well known in the neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, was dead.
follow
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From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
go
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
Gotham
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
grimy
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
hag
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
heads
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
HELL'S
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From this reading MURDER IN HELL’S KITCHEN.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
hovel
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MURDER IN HELL’S KITCHEN.
investigation
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From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
KITCHEN
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From this reading MURDER IN HELL’S KITCHEN.
known
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From this reading To begin with, Old Mother Flintstone, well known in the neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, was dead.
law
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From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
lived
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
lives
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
made
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
mankind
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From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
Mother
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From this reading To begin with, Old Mother Flintstone, well known in the neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, was dead.
MURDER
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From this reading MURDER IN HELL’S KITCHEN.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
neighborhood
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From this reading To begin with, Old Mother Flintstone, well known in the neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, was dead.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
Old
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From this reading To begin with, Old Mother Flintstone, well known in the neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, was dead.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
Patsy
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
people
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From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
police
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From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
preliminaries
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
prison
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
quarter
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
queer
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From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
rags
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
Rich
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
sent
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
shake
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
Simeon
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
stories
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
subject
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From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
there
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
toothless
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
tried
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
walls
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From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
well
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From this reading To begin with, Old Mother Flintstone, well known in the neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, was dead.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She had not lived the best of lives, this old hag, toothless and decrepit in her hovel, where her couch was rags and the walls grimy and almost black; she had been a fence and what not, and there were stories about her that made people even in that delectable quarter of Gotham shake their heads over them.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To begin with, Old Mother Flintstone, well known in the neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, was dead.
woman
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From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
working
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From this reading To understand the preliminaries of the case on which Chick Carter and Patsy had been working for their chief, we must go back to a time before Simeon Rich was tried and executed, before Darwin was sent back to England, where he afterward died in prison.
written
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From this reading All people have to die, and the old woman had to follow the written law of all mankind; but, what was queer, her death was a subject for police investigation.
