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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
architect
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From this reading The architect had said, Better let them stay they expressed epoch, if not character.
back
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
Better
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From this reading The architect had said, Better let them stay they expressed epoch, if not character.
bookkeeper
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
building
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
business
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
character
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From this reading The architect had said, Better let them stay they expressed epoch, if not character.
cheery
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Well, have you come round to go to work?
days
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
dining-room
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
doors
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From this reading The narrow old trim of the doors and windows had been kept, and the quaintly ugly marble mantels.
dryness
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
due
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
dwelling-house
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
epoch
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From this reading The architect had said, Better let them stay they expressed epoch, if not character.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
expressed
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From this reading The architect had said, Better let them stay they expressed epoch, if not character.
fantasies
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
fervid
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
fittedadjectiveUS /ˈfɪtɪd/
prepared and equipped for a particular purpose
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
Fulkerson's
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
go
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From this reading "Well, have you come round to go to work?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Well, have you come round to go to work?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
Hello
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The architect had said, Better let them stay they expressed epoch, if not character.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
kept
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From this reading The narrow old trim of the doors and windows had been kept, and the quaintly ugly marble mantels.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading The architect had said, Better let them stay they expressed epoch, if not character.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
man
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
mantels
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From this reading The narrow old trim of the doors and windows had been kept, and the quaintly ugly marble mantels.
marble
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From this reading The narrow old trim of the doors and windows had been kept, and the quaintly ugly marble mantels.
narrow
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From this reading The narrow old trim of the doors and windows had been kept, and the quaintly ugly marble mantels.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The architect had said, Better let them stay they expressed epoch, if not character.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
occupied
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
office
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
old
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
Other
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
place
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
prevented
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
purposes
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
quaintly
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From this reading The narrow old trim of the doors and windows had been kept, and the quaintly ugly marble mantels.
reception-room
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
respectively
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
responding
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
room
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
round
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From this reading "Well, have you come round to go to work?
said
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From this reading The architect had said, Better let them stay they expressed epoch, if not character.
simply
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
smaller
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
stay
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From this reading The architect had said, Better let them stay they expressed epoch, if not character.
tastefully
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The architect had said, Better let them stay they expressed epoch, if not character.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
transformation
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
treated
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From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
trim
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From this reading The narrow old trim of the doors and windows had been kept, and the quaintly ugly marble mantels.
ugly
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From this reading The narrow old trim of the doors and windows had been kept, and the quaintly ugly marble mantels.
up
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Fulkerson's room was back of the smaller one occupied by the bookkeeper; they had been respectively the reception-room and dining-room of the little place in its dwelling-house days, and they had been simply and tastefully treated in their transformation into business purposes.
Week
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From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
Well
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From this reading "Well, have you come round to go to work?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
windows
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From this reading The narrow old trim of the doors and windows had been kept, and the quaintly ugly marble mantels.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nothing in these fervid fantasies prevented his responding with due dryness to Fulkerson's cheery "Hello, old man!" when he found himself in the building fitted up for the 'Every Other Week' office.
work
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From this reading "Well, have you come round to go to work?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, have you come round to go to work?
