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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 With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
alley
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
anxiety
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From this reading His pale little eyes betrayed secret anxiety through their slits of fat.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How so?” asked the lean, dapper gentleman at Quaid’s right.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
betrayed
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From this reading His pale little eyes betrayed secret anxiety through their slits of fat.
big
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
Boss
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
boss's
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From this reading “Why, it’s this way, Mr. Forsythe,” broke in the rat-faced little man at the boss’s left.
broke
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From this reading “Why, it’s this way, Mr. Forsythe,” broke in the rat-faced little man at the boss’s left.
dapper
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From this reading “How so?” asked the lean, dapper gentleman at Quaid’s right.
down
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
end
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
eyes
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From this reading His pale little eyes betrayed secret anxiety through their slits of fat.
fat
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From this reading His pale little eyes betrayed secret anxiety through their slits of fat.
fellow
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
Forsythe
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From this reading “Why, it’s this way, Mr. Forsythe,” broke in the rat-faced little man at the boss’s left.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “How so?” asked the lean, dapper gentleman at Quaid’s right.
glared
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
halfway
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
hell
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From this reading “The radio’s playin’ hell with politics!”
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His pale little eyes betrayed secret anxiety through their slits of fat.
How
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From this reading “How so?” asked the lean, dapper gentleman at Quaid’s right.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Why, it’s this way, Mr. Forsythe,” broke in the rat-faced little man at the boss’s left.
it's
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From this reading “Why, it’s this way, Mr. Forsythe,” broke in the rat-faced little man at the boss’s left.
just
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
lean
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From this reading “How so?” asked the lean, dapper gentleman at Quaid’s right.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why, it’s this way, Mr. Forsythe,” broke in the rat-faced little man at the boss’s left.
linen
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His pale little eyes betrayed secret anxiety through their slits of fat.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
man
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From this reading “Why, it’s this way, Mr. Forsythe,” broke in the rat-faced little man at the boss’s left.
microphone
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
Mr
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From this reading “Why, it’s this way, Mr. Forsythe,” broke in the rat-faced little man at the boss’s left.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
opposite
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
pale
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From this reading His pale little eyes betrayed secret anxiety through their slits of fat.
playin
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From this reading “The radio’s playin’ hell with politics!”
politics
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From this reading “The radio’s playin’ hell with politics!”
Quaid
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
Quaid's
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From this reading “How so?” asked the lean, dapper gentleman at Quaid’s right.
radio's
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From this reading “The radio’s playin’ hell with politics!”
rat-faced
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From this reading “Why, it’s this way, Mr. Forsythe,” broke in the rat-faced little man at the boss’s left.
remark
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How so?” asked the lean, dapper gentleman at Quaid’s right.
seat
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading His pale little eyes betrayed secret anxiety through their slits of fat.
sententious
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
slits
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From this reading His pale little eyes betrayed secret anxiety through their slits of fat.
snowy
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “How so?” asked the lean, dapper gentleman at Quaid’s right.
speakers
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
speech
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
table
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
taken
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The radio’s playin’ hell with politics!”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading His pale little eyes betrayed secret anxiety through their slits of fat.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His pale little eyes betrayed secret anxiety through their slits of fat.
toastmaster's
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From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
way
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From this reading “Why, it’s this way, Mr. Forsythe,” broke in the rat-faced little man at the boss’s left.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading With this sententious remark, a long speech for Boss Quaid, the big fellow, who had just taken the end seat at the speakers’ table, glared at the microphone opposite the toastmaster’s seat halfway down the long alley of snowy linen.
Why
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From this reading “Why, it’s this way, Mr. Forsythe,” broke in the rat-faced little man at the boss’s left.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “The radio’s playin’ hell with politics!”
