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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 RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
ARTIST
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From this reading RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.
AUTHOR
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From this reading RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.
BLISS
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From this reading The firm name, painted in gilt letters upon the glass of the door, was DUDLEY & BLISS.
Bound
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
CONFLICT
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From this reading RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.
CRIME
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From this reading RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.
door
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From this reading The firm name, painted in gilt letters upon the glass of the door, was DUDLEY & BLISS.
DUDLEY
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From this reading The firm name, painted in gilt letters upon the glass of the door, was DUDLEY & BLISS.
Early
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
eighteen
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
Electrotyped
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
ETC
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From this reading RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.
EVIDENCE
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From this reading RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.
firm
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From this reading The firm name, painted in gilt letters upon the glass of the door, was DUDLEY & BLISS.
G
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
gilt
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From this reading The firm name, painted in gilt letters upon the glass of the door, was DUDLEY & BLISS.
glass
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From this reading The firm name, painted in gilt letters upon the glass of the door, was DUDLEY & BLISS.
hundred
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.
Knickerbocker
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
lawyers
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
letters
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From this reading The firm name, painted in gilt letters upon the glass of the door, was DUDLEY & BLISS.
member
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From this reading Mortimer Dudley was the senior member, though not over thirty years old.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
Mortimer
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From this reading Mortimer Dudley was the senior member, though not over thirty years old.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The firm name, painted in gilt letters upon the glass of the door, was DUDLEY & BLISS.
New
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mortimer Dudley was the senior member, though not over thirty years old.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.
office
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
old
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From this reading Mortimer Dudley was the senior member, though not over thirty years old.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
OTTOLENGUI
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From this reading RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Mortimer Dudley was the senior member, though not over thirty years old.
P
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
painted
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From this reading The firm name, painted in gilt letters upon the glass of the door, was DUDLEY & BLISS.
Press
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
PrintednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
private
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
PUTNAM'S
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
Robert
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From this reading Robert Bliss was two years younger.
RODRIGUES
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From this reading RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.
seated
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
senior
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From this reading Mortimer Dudley was the senior member, though not over thirty years old.
seventy-three
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
SONS
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
spring
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
thirty
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From this reading Mortimer Dudley was the senior member, though not over thirty years old.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Mortimer Dudley was the senior member, though not over thirty years old.
two
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The firm name, painted in gilt letters upon the glass of the door, was DUDLEY & BLISS.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The firm name, painted in gilt letters upon the glass of the door, was DUDLEY & BLISS.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
years
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From this reading Mortimer Dudley was the senior member, though not over thirty years old.
York
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
young
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From this reading Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by The Knickerbocker Press, New York G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Early one morning, in the spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two young lawyers were seated in their private office.
younger
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From this reading Robert Bliss was two years younger.
