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500
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
American
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From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
Americanism
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From this reading Perhaps it was in consequence of the wholesome Americanism imparted in the school-room that American boys and girls demanded other books of American authorship.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
any
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From this reading Nor is there any likelihood that this fortunate condition will ever change.
authorship
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
Book
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
boys
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From this reading Perhaps it was in consequence of the wholesome Americanism imparted in the school-room that American boys and girls demanded other books of American authorship.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
careful
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
change
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From this reading Nor is there any likelihood that this fortunate condition will ever change.
classified
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
college
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
Company
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
condition
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From this reading Nor is there any likelihood that this fortunate condition will ever change.
conditions
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From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
consequence
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From this reading Perhaps it was in consequence of the wholesome Americanism imparted in the school-room that American boys and girls demanded other books of American authorship.
consolidation
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
country
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
demanded
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From this reading Perhaps it was in consequence of the wholesome Americanism imparted in the school-room that American boys and girls demanded other books of American authorship.
eminently
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nor is there any likelihood that this fortunate condition will ever change.
examination
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
finding
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
firm
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
five
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
foreign
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
formed
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
fortunate
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From this reading Nor is there any likelihood that this fortunate condition will ever change.
four
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
four-fifths
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
girls
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From this reading Perhaps it was in consequence of the wholesome Americanism imparted in the school-room that American boys and girls demanded other books of American authorship.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
houses
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
hundred
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From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
ideas
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From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
imparted
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From this reading Perhaps it was in consequence of the wholesome Americanism imparted in the school-room that American boys and girls demanded other books of American authorship.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
inculcating
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From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nor is there any likelihood that this fortunate condition will ever change.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps it was in consequence of the wholesome Americanism imparted in the school-room that American boys and girls demanded other books of American authorship.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
leading
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
likelihood
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From this reading Nor is there any likelihood that this fortunate condition will ever change.
made
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
nearly
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From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor is there any likelihood that this fortunate condition will ever change.
now
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From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
only
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
other
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From this reading Perhaps it was in consequence of the wholesome Americanism imparted in the school-room that American boys and girls demanded other books of American authorship.
Perhaps
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From this reading Perhaps it was in consequence of the wholesome Americanism imparted in the school-room that American boys and girls demanded other books of American authorship.
price-list
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
probably
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
publishing
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
recently
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
result
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
satisfactory
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
school
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
school-book
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
school-boy
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From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
school-room
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From this reading Perhaps it was in consequence of the wholesome Americanism imparted in the school-room that American boys and girls demanded other books of American authorship.
schools
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
suited
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From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
supplied
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From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
supplies
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
text-books
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Nor is there any likelihood that this fortunate condition will ever change.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
there
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From this reading Nor is there any likelihood that this fortunate condition will ever change.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Nor is there any likelihood that this fortunate condition will ever change.
titles
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From this reading I have recently made a careful examination of its complete classified price-list of school and college text-books, with the eminently satisfactory result of finding in the first 500 titles only one book of foreign authorship.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
used
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From this reading The American Book Company, a publishing firm formed by the consolidation of four or five of the leading school-book houses of this country, supplies probably four-fifths of the books used in American schools.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Perhaps it was in consequence of the wholesome Americanism imparted in the school-room that American boys and girls demanded other books of American authorship.
wholesome
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From this reading Perhaps it was in consequence of the wholesome Americanism imparted in the school-room that American boys and girls demanded other books of American authorship.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Nor is there any likelihood that this fortunate condition will ever change.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
years
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From this reading For nearly a hundred years now the American school-boy has been supplied with American books suited to American conditions and inculcating American ideas.
