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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 STRANGE VISITOR.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was the day after the circus.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Robert Burnham sat in his office on Lackawanna Avenue, busy with his afternoon mail.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
always
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From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
aside
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
Avenue
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From this reading Robert Burnham sat in his office on Lackawanna Avenue, busy with his afternoon mail.
breaker-boys
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
Burnham
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From this reading Robert Burnham sat in his office on Lackawanna Avenue, busy with his afternoon mail.
busy
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From this reading Robert Burnham sat in his office on Lackawanna Avenue, busy with his afternoon mail.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
circus
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From this reading It was the day after the circus.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
day
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From this reading It was the day after the circus.
deed
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From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
dusty
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
eager
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
face
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From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
faces
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
filing
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
generous
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From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
gifts
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
grateful
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
happy
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Robert Burnham sat in his office on Lackawanna Avenue, busy with his afternoon mail.
imagination
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Robert Burnham sat in his office on Lackawanna Avenue, busy with his afternoon mail.
incidents
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the day after the circus.
joys
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
kindly
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From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
Lackawanna
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From this reading Robert Burnham sat in his office on Lackawanna Avenue, busy with his afternoon mail.
laid
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
letter
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
light
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From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
line
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
mail
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From this reading Robert Burnham sat in his office on Lackawanna Avenue, busy with his afternoon mail.
manifest
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From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
now
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From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
office
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From this reading Robert Burnham sat in his office on Lackawanna Avenue, busy with his afternoon mail.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Robert Burnham sat in his office on Lackawanna Avenue, busy with his afternoon mail.
pleasure
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From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
pleasures
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From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
previous
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
recurred
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
Robert
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From this reading Robert Burnham sat in his office on Lackawanna Avenue, busy with his afternoon mail.
sat
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From this reading Robert Burnham sat in his office on Lackawanna Avenue, busy with his afternoon mail.
saw
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
slowly
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From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
stayed
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From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
STRANGE
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From this reading A STRANGE VISITOR.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The pleasure he had found in his generous deed stayed with him, as such pleasures always do, and was manifest even now in the light of his kindly face.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the day after the circus.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As he laid the last letter aside the incidents of the previous day recurred to him, and he saw again, in imagination, the long line of breaker-boys, with happy, dusty faces, filing slowly by him, grateful for his gifts, eager for the joys to come.
VISITOR
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From this reading A STRANGE VISITOR.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the day after the circus.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Robert Burnham sat in his office on Lackawanna Avenue, busy with his afternoon mail.
