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1870
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From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
attorneys
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From this reading The Dameron Block faced the court-house square, and was the habitat of divers small attorneys and real estate men.
basement
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From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
better
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
blanks
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
BLOCK
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From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
book-shop
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
brokers
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
building
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From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
buildings
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called
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
class
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
corridor
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From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
court-house
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From this reading The Dameron Block faced the court-house square, and was the habitat of divers small attorneys and real estate men.
DAMERON
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From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
day
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From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
divers
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From this reading The Dameron Block faced the court-house square, and was the habitat of divers small attorneys and real estate men.
Dogberry
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
door
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
electric
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
elevators
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
estate
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
evasively
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From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
faced
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From this reading The Dameron Block faced the court-house square, and was the habitat of divers small attorneys and real estate men.
fashionable
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
father
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From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
figure
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
habitat
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From this reading The Dameron Block faced the court-house square, and was the habitat of divers small attorneys and real estate men.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
hair
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
iron-gray
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
judgment
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
justice
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
later
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
lawyers
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
leading
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From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
legal
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
lights
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
longer
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
main
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From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
men
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From this reading The Dameron Block faced the court-house square, and was the habitat of divers small attorneys and real estate men.
mop
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
musty
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
offered
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
office
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From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
old
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
old-fashioned
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From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
paper
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
peace
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
pens
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
proprietor
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
quaint
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
quarter
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
real
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
Row
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
sat
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
small
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From this reading The Dameron Block faced the court-house square, and was the habitat of divers small attorneys and real estate men.
sold
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
sought
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
square
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From this reading The Dameron Block faced the court-house square, and was the habitat of divers small attorneys and real estate men.
stairway
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From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
street
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From this reading In the basement below, a justice of the peace sat in judgment next door to a musty old book-shop, where the proprietor, a quaint figure with a great mop of iron-gray hair, sold pens and paper and legal blanks to Dogberry Row, as this quarter of the street was called.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
type
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From this reading It was no longer fashionable, as the better class of lawyers and real estate brokers had sought buildings of a later type that offered electric lights and elevators.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading This was an old-fashioned office building, with a basement and a short stairway leading to the main corridor.
Zelda
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From this reading DAMERON BLOCK, 1870 When Zelda asked her father one day where his office was, he answered evasively that it was in the Dameron Block.
