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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 One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
all
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From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
bay
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
black
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
Blaydes
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bricks
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
catching
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
Cinquecento
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
close-shaven
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cloud
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
clumsily
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
contemptuous
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From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.
cottage
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From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
curly
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
cut
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
deeply
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
dimly
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
distinction
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
dressing-gown
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
eyes
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
face
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From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
familiar
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firelight
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
fool's
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From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
form
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
god-like
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
grey
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
hair
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
head
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
hook-littered
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From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
journalist
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kind
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
knowing
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From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
lantern-jaws
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
large
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.
Lathrop
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From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
lazily
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
like
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
mass
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
meetings
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From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.
men
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From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
mouth
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From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.
night
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From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
opening
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other
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
out
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
oyster
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pallor
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
Paul
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From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
poet
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
portrait
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
profession
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
reddish
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
Roger
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said
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From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.
sat
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From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
set
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
shone
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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
sitting-room
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From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
smiling
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From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.
smoke
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.
speaker
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
talking
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From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
twined
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
Two
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From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.
wore
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world's
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wrapped
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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.
young
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From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.
