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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 Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
air
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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
bloomed
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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
boy
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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
cigarette
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From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
Coleman
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From this reading Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.
crime
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From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
Eclipse
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From this reading Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.
encountered
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From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
endless
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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
face
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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
features
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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As he walked into the proprietor's office he was a perfect semblance of a fine, inexperienced youth.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
hard
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From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
inexperienced
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From this reading As he walked into the proprietor's office he was a perfect semblance of a fine, inexperienced youth.
innocent
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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As he walked into the proprietor's office he was a perfect semblance of a fine, inexperienced youth.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
later
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From this reading Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.
lie
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lost
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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
men
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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
occasions
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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.
office
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From this reading Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.
old-young
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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
perfect
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From this reading As he walked into the proprietor's office he was a perfect semblance of a fine, inexperienced youth.
proprietor
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From this reading Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.
proprietor's
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From this reading As he walked into the proprietor's office he was a perfect semblance of a fine, inexperienced youth.
puritynounUS /ˈpjʊrəti/
the state of being morally clean and innocent
From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
quality
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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
semblance
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From this reading As he walked into the proprietor's office he was a perfect semblance of a fine, inexperienced youth.
shrewdness
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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
singular
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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
Six
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From this reading Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.
smooth-shaven
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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
some
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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
suspicion
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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
temperance
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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
then
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From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
times
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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
walked
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From this reading As he walked into the proprietor's office he was a perfect semblance of a fine, inexperienced youth.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
wear
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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
weeks
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From this reading Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.
worldly
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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.
youth
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From this reading As he walked into the proprietor's office he was a perfect semblance of a fine, inexperienced youth.
