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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 The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
AfternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
all
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
also
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was a person of diabolically uneven temper, of corrosive joviality and, at bottom, good-hearted.
away
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
basement
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
bottom
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From this reading He was a person of diabolically uneven temper, of corrosive joviality and, at bottom, good-hearted.
business
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From this reading He was the most picturesque and versatile printer in Madrid, and his business was likewise the most complicated and interesting.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
call
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
common
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
complicated
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From this reading He was the most picturesque and versatile printer in Madrid, and his business was likewise the most complicated and interesting.
corrosive
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From this reading He was a person of diabolically uneven temper, of corrosive joviality and, at bottom, good-hearted.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
dailies
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
daily
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
Debates
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
diabolically
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From this reading He was a person of diabolically uneven temper, of corrosive joviality and, at bottom, good-hearted.
Director
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
Editorial
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
El
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
engine
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
Future
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
gasoline
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
give
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
good-hearted
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From this reading He was a person of diabolically uneven temper, of corrosive joviality and, at bottom, good-hearted.
Gómez
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
important
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was the most picturesque and versatile printer in Madrid, and his business was likewise the most complicated and interesting.
insignificant
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
interesting
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From this reading He was the most picturesque and versatile printer in Madrid, and his business was likewise the most complicated and interesting.
joviality
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From this reading He was a person of diabolically uneven temper, of corrosive joviality and, at bottom, good-hearted.
known
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
La
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
like
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
likewise
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From this reading He was the most picturesque and versatile printer in Madrid, and his business was likewise the most complicated and interesting.
Los
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
Madrid
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From this reading He was the most picturesque and versatile printer in Madrid, and his business was likewise the most complicated and interesting.
man
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
Mañana
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
measure
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
MorningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
most
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From this reading He was the most picturesque and versatile printer in Madrid, and his business was likewise the most complicated and interesting.
Mundo
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
Nación
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
Names
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
Nation
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
newspapers
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
nickname
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
nine
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
old
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
person
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From this reading He was a person of diabolically uneven temper, of corrosive joviality and, at bottom, good-hearted.
picturesque
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From this reading He was the most picturesque and versatile printer in Madrid, and his business was likewise the most complicated and interesting.
Plancheta
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
Porvenir
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
Prensa
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
press
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
printer
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
printery
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
published
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
Radical
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
run
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
single
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
Staff
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
sufficient
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
Sánchez
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
Tarde
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
temper
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From this reading He was a person of diabolically uneven temper, of corrosive joviality and, at bottom, good-hearted.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
Tiempo
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
Times
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
titles
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
Toads
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
toiled
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
type
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From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
uneven
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From this reading He was a person of diabolically uneven temper, of corrosive joviality and, at bottom, good-hearted.
versatile
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From this reading He was the most picturesque and versatile printer in Madrid, and his business was likewise the most complicated and interesting.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
wealthy
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One thing alone was sufficient to give the measure of the man: with a single press, run by a gasoline engine of the old type, he published nine newspapers, the titles of which no one could call insignificant.
workman
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From this reading The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff Sánchez Gómez the printer, who was also known by the nickname Plancheta, was a wealthy man, though he toiled away daily like a common workman.
World
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From this reading _Los Debates_ (Debates); _El Porvenir_ (The Future); _La Nación_ (The Nation); _La Tarde_ (Afternoon); _El Radical_ (The Radical); _La Mañana_ (Morning); _El Mundo_ (The World); _El Tiempo_ (The Times); and _La Prensa_ (The Press); all these important dailies were born in the basement of the printery.
