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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 It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
back
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From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
bald
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
bar
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From this reading The bar in the Oklahoma village kept by Dick Wrinkle was in the centre of the place.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
boards
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From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
built
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From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The bar in the Oklahoma village kept by Dick Wrinkle was in the centre of the place.
carousing
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
centre
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From this reading The bar in the Oklahoma village kept by Dick Wrinkle was in the centre of the place.
chain
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From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
cigars
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
coat
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
conventional
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From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
cracks
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
customers
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
devoid
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From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
Dick
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From this reading The bar in the Oklahoma village kept by Dick Wrinkle was in the centre of the place.
door-screen
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From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
early
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From this reading It was early in the morning.
elbows
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
fat
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
floor
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
forty
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
front
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From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The bar in the Oklahoma village kept by Dick Wrinkle was in the centre of the place.
inner
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From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
kept
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From this reading The bar in the Oklahoma village kept by Dick Wrinkle was in the centre of the place.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
man
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
matches
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was early in the morning.
narrow
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From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
night
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The bar in the Oklahoma village kept by Dick Wrinkle was in the centre of the place.
Oklahoma
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From this reading The bar in the Oklahoma village kept by Dick Wrinkle was in the centre of the place.
one-story
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From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
padlock
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From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
partially
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
place
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From this reading The bar in the Oklahoma village kept by Dick Wrinkle was in the centre of the place.
proprietor
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
rear
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From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
remnants
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
rolled
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
roof
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From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
rough
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From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
shanty
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From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
shirt-sleeves
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
shutter
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From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
sloped
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From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
stubs
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
sweeping
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
swinging
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From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The bar in the Oklahoma village kept by Dick Wrinkle was in the centre of the place.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
tobacco-quids
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
undressed
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From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
unpainted
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From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
village
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From this reading The bar in the Oklahoma village kept by Dick Wrinkle was in the centre of the place.
wall
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From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The bar in the Oklahoma village kept by Dick Wrinkle was in the centre of the place.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was a narrow, one-story shanty built of undressed boards, the roof of which sloped from the front to the rear.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was devoid of the conventional door-screen, the rough, unpainted shutter, with its padlock and chain, swinging back against the inner wall.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
Wrinkle
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From this reading The bar in the Oklahoma village kept by Dick Wrinkle was in the centre of the place.
years
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From this reading The proprietor, a fat, partially bald man of forty years, without a coat, his shirt-sleeves rolled above his elbows, was sweeping into the cracks of the floor the tobacco-quids, stubs of cigars, and remnants of matches left by his carousing customers the night before.
