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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 FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
able
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
admiration
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
air
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
All
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From this reading “All off,--this is the sort of thing for an American gentleman,--which I shall be by then.”
American
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From this reading “All off,--this is the sort of thing for an American gentleman,--which I shall be by then.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “All off,--this is the sort of thing for an American gentleman,--which I shall be by then.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
ASconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
assistant
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “All off,--this is the sort of thing for an American gentleman,--which I shall be by then.”
beautiful
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Last week you planned a castle on the Palisades,--and the month before, you thought you’d like a California villa.”
boy
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From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “All off,--this is the sort of thing for an American gentleman,--which I shall be by then.”
California
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From this reading “Last week you planned a castle on the Palisades,--and the month before, you thought you’d like a California villa.”
car
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
case
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From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
castle
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From this reading “Last week you planned a castle on the Palisades,--and the month before, you thought you’d like a California villa.”
castles
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
COUNTESS
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
country
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
drive
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
F
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From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
FIBSY
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
Fleming
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “All off,--this is the sort of thing for an American gentleman,--which I shall be by then.”
forbore
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
freckled-faced
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
gave
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
gazed
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “All off,--this is the sort of thing for an American gentleman,--which I shall be by then.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
hope
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
income
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From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “All off,--this is the sort of thing for an American gentleman,--which I shall be by then.”
just
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From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
lad
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
lawns
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
like
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From this reading “Last week you planned a castle on the Palisades,--and the month before, you thought you’d like a California villa.”
live
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From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
made
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From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
McGuire
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
MEETS
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
month
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From this reading “Last week you planned a castle on the Palisades,--and the month before, you thought you’d like a California villa.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
off
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From this reading “All off,--this is the sort of thing for an American gentleman,--which I shall be by then.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
Palisades
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From this reading “Last week you planned a castle on the Palisades,--and the month before, you thought you’d like a California villa.”
place
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
planned
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From this reading “Last week you planned a castle on the Palisades,--and the month before, you thought you’d like a California villa.”
realize
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
red-haired
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
reputation
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From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
retire
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From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
rolled
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
rôle
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
said
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From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
silent
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
smile
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
smoothly
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
solved
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From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
some
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
sort
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From this reading “All off,--this is the sort of thing for an American gentleman,--which I shall be by then.”
Stone
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
sympathizing
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
then
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From this reading “All off,--this is the sort of thing for an American gentleman,--which I shall be by then.”
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All off,--this is the sort of thing for an American gentleman,--which I shall be by then.”
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Last week you planned a castle on the Palisades,--and the month before, you thought you’d like a California villa.”
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
tree-shaded
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
up
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
Valhalla
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
villa
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From this reading “Last week you planned a castle on the Palisades,--and the month before, you thought you’d like a California villa.”
week
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From this reading “Last week you planned a castle on the Palisades,--and the month before, you thought you’d like a California villa.”
well-kept
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “All off,--this is the sort of thing for an American gentleman,--which I shall be by then.”
world-wide
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From this reading “When I have made my world-wide reputation, F. Stone,” the boy said, “and have solved my last case, I shall retire on my income and live in just such a place as this.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Last week you planned a castle on the Palisades,--and the month before, you thought you’d like a California villa.”
you'd
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From this reading “Last week you planned a castle on the Palisades,--and the month before, you thought you’d like a California villa.”
you'll
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From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
young
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From this reading FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS AS the car rolled smoothly up the long drive through the tree-shaded lawns of Valhalla, Fleming Stone and his able assistant, young McGuire, gazed in silent admiration at the beautiful well-kept place.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Stone forbore to smile at the freckled-faced, red-haired lad in the rôle of a country gentleman, but he gave him a sympathizing look and said, “I hope you’ll realize some one of your air castles, Fibsy.”
