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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 For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
accepted
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From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
all
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From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
book
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From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
boulevards
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
busy
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
Carr's
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From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
commonplaces
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
company
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From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
convey
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From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
COURTEOUS
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From this reading THE REPROOF COURTEOUS(?)
debouch
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
few
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
get
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From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
gift
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From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
gladly
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From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
green
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Thompson placed himself unreservedly in Sophie's hands.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Thompson placed himself unreservedly in Sophie's hands.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
house
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From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thompson placed himself unreservedly in Sophie's hands.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
lower
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From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
Market
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
maze
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
minutes
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
Miss
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From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
office
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From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
Peaks
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
placed
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From this reading Thompson placed himself unreservedly in Sophie's hands.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
proceed
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From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
ran
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
reach
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From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
red
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
REPROOF
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From this reading THE REPROOF COURTEOUS(?)
roadster
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
roomed
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From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
slip
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
Sophie's
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From this reading Thompson placed himself unreservedly in Sophie's hands.
Street
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
suited
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From this reading Since it suited Miss Carr's book to convey him to the first point, he accepted the gift of her company gladly.
summits
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
talk
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE REPROOF COURTEOUS(?)
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
thenceadverbUS /ðens/
from that place or that time
From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
things
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From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
Thompson
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From this reading Thompson placed himself unreservedly in Sophie's hands.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
Twin
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
unreservedly
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From this reading Thompson placed himself unreservedly in Sophie's hands.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
Valencia
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From this reading For the few minutes it took the red roadster to slip under the green summits of Twin Peaks and by a maze of boulevards debouch at length upon Valencia and so into the busy length of Market Street their talk ran to commonplaces.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
winter
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From this reading He had to reach an express office on lower Market, get his things, and proceed thence to the house where he had roomed all winter.
