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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 young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading I will call him “Spokane,” the monoger he was known by among his associates.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
associates
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From this reading I will call him “Spokane,” the monoger he was known by among his associates.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
bunko
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I will call him “Spokane,” the monoger he was known by among his associates.
cafés
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
call
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From this reading I will call him “Spokane,” the monoger he was known by among his associates.
city
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From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
clever
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
daily
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
dispose
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From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
elegant
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
entertainment
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
exclusive
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
familiar
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From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
family
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From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
fellow
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From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
few
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From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
Francisco
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From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
gilded
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
hangouts
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I will call him “Spokane,” the monoger he was known by among his associates.
helped
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From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I will call him “Spokane,” the monoger he was known by among his associates.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
hop
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I will call him “Spokane,” the monoger he was known by among his associates.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
introduced
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
joints
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
known
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From this reading I will call him “Spokane,” the monoger he was known by among his associates.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
men
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
monoger
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From this reading I will call him “Spokane,” the monoger he was known by among his associates.
months
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From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
Most
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From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
now
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From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
other
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
out-of-the-way
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From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
pickpockets
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
places
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From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
polished
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
refined
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
road
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From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
roughing
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From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
San
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From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
seen
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From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
slums
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From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
smoked
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From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
son
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From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
spent
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From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
Spokane
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From this reading I will call him “Spokane,” the monoger he was known by among his associates.
stones
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From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
then
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From this reading Most of my life had been spent on the road or roughing it in out-of-the-way places, broken by a few months now and then in city slums.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
underworld
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From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
use
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From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
very
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From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
wayward
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From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He introduced me into the elegant hop joints where we smoked daily, into the hangouts of polished bunko men and clever pickpockets, into the gilded cafés and other exclusive and refined places of entertainment.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will call him “Spokane,” the monoger he was known by among his associates.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
years
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From this reading He had been in San Francisco for years and was familiar with an underworld that I had seen very little of.
young
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From this reading The young fellow that helped me dispose of the stones was the wayward son of a fine family and it would not be right to them to use his name.
