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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 A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
acquaintance
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From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
aeroplane
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
amalgamation
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From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
apt
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
artistic
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
Augustus
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
badly
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
Bones
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
brokers
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
called
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
CINEMA
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
City
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
comings
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
Company
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
concerns
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
conservative
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
Consolidated
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
curious
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From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
days
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
directors
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
down
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
example
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From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
extremely
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
fact
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From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
fashion
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
Franco-Persian
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
friend
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From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
fusion
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
get
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
goings
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
habit
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From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
important
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
impossible
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
individuals
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
interests
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
jazzers
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
judgment
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
jumping
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
jumpy
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
like
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
luck
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
made
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
making
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From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
matter
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From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
meetings
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
money
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
more
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
Mr
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
nerves
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
oilnounUS /ɔɪl/
A viscous liquid derived from petroleum or plants, stored in large earthen jars.
From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
old
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From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
Petroleum
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
PICTURE
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
planned
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From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
renewed
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From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
respond
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
rumours
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
sensed
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From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
set
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
shares
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
sheer
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
sometime
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From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
subordinate
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From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
There
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
Tibbetts
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From this reading A CINEMA PICTURE Mr. Augustus Tibbetts, called "Bones," made money by sheer luck--he made more by sheer artistic judgment.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
trained
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
travel
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
trying
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
two
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
up
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From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
very
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From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
watch
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
way
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From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were rumours of a fusion of interests between the Franco-Persian Oil Company and the Petroleum Consolidated--rumours which set the shares of both concerns jumping up and down like two badly trained jazzers.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
wild
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From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In these days of aeroplane travel, when it is next to impossible to watch the comings and goings of important individuals, or even to get wind of directors' meetings, the City is apt to be a little jumpy, and to respond to wild rumours in a fashion extremely trying to the nerves of conservative brokers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading That is a fact which an old friend sensed a very short time after he had renewed his acquaintance with his sometime subordinate.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet Bones had the curious habit of making money in quite a different way from that which he planned--as, for example, in the matter of the great oil amalgamation.
