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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 The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
appeared
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
asthmatic
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
beads
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From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
bear
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
big
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black
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From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
blanket-enshrouded
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
box
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From this reading Half a box of soggy chocolates which the heat had rendered a dismally sticky mass won from them smiles and half-intelligible speech.
business
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
chocolates
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From this reading Half a box of soggy chocolates which the heat had rendered a dismally sticky mass won from them smiles and half-intelligible speech.
cord
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From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
days
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From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
departments
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
dismally
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From this reading Half a box of soggy chocolates which the heat had rendered a dismally sticky mass won from them smiles and half-intelligible speech.
door
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
down
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
dribbling
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dropped
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From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
dubbed
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
exactly
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
fiery
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From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
fifty
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
fingers
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From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
freight
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
Georgie
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From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
Greases
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
Hagar
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
HalfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half a box of soggy chocolates which the heat had rendered a dismally sticky mass won from them smiles and half-intelligible speech.
half-intelligible
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From this reading Half a box of soggy chocolates which the heat had rendered a dismally sticky mass won from them smiles and half-intelligible speech.
happened
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
heat
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
hot
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From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
inelegantly
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
inseparables
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
like
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From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
Lucy
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
main
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
mass
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From this reading Half a box of soggy chocolates which the heat had rendered a dismally sticky mass won from them smiles and half-intelligible speech.
meager
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From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
mid-afternoon
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
nervous
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From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
office
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From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
passing
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
past
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From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
perspiring
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
pump
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
rendered
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From this reading Half a box of soggy chocolates which the heat had rendered a dismally sticky mass won from them smiles and half-intelligible speech.
routine
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
said
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
sighed
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From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
silent
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
silently
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From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
slipped
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From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
smiles
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From this reading Half a box of soggy chocolates which the heat had rendered a dismally sticky mass won from them smiles and half-intelligible speech.
soggy
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From this reading Half a box of soggy chocolates which the heat had rendered a dismally sticky mass won from them smiles and half-intelligible speech.
speech
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From this reading Half a box of soggy chocolates which the heat had rendered a dismally sticky mass won from them smiles and half-intelligible speech.
sticky
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From this reading Half a box of soggy chocolates which the heat had rendered a dismally sticky mass won from them smiles and half-intelligible speech.
subject
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
Three
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
trains
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
Two
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
velvety
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From this reading The hot days dropped, one by one, into the past like fiery beads upon a velvety black cord.
Viney
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From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Half a box of soggy chocolates which the heat had rendered a dismally sticky mass won from them smiles and half-intelligible speech.
white
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From this reading Miss Georgie told them silently in the meager little office, and sighed as they slipped from under her white, nervous fingers.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Two--this exactly like the first, except that those inseparables, Hagar, Viney, and Lucy, whom Miss Georgie had inelegantly dubbed “the Three Greases,” appeared, silent, blanket-enshrouded, and perspiring, at the office door in mid-afternoon.
won
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From this reading Half a box of soggy chocolates which the heat had rendered a dismally sticky mass won from them smiles and half-intelligible speech.
work
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
yards
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From this reading One--nothing happened that could be said to bear upon the one big subject in her mind, the routine work of passing trains and dribbling business in the express and freight departments, and a long afternoon of heat and silence save for the asthmatic pump, fifty yards down the main track.
