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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 _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
affords
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From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
althoughconjunctionUS /ˌɔːlˈðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
America
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
AUTHOR
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
Avenue
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From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
Building
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
CARRIE
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
clay
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
deal
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
defiant
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
despise
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From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
dwell
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From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
dweller
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From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
end
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
ETC
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
far
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From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
Fifth
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From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
forlorn
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From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
fortieth
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
FREEadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
GERHARDT
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
good
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
great
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From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
HAND
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
heaven
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
Hungarians
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From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
JENNIE
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
Jersey
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
John
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
Just
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
know
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From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
late
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
life
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
lifts
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
lingo
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From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
live
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From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
lived
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
living
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
lower
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
Manhattan
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
maw
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
means
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From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
metropolis
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From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
most
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From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
neighborhoods
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From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
New
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
notes
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
now
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
OTHER
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
palaver
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From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
Paradiso
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
Poles
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From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
poor
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From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
POTTER
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
poverty
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
principally
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From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
Printed
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
river
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
seen
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
shabbiest
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From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
sight
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
SISTER
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
spear
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
splendid
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
States
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
still
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From this reading And although I am by no means as far from it as is Fifth Avenue, still I am a dweller in one of the shabbiest, most forlorn neighborhoods which the great metropolis affords.
STORIES
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
stretch
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
Taken
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
tower
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
United
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
very
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
Woolworth
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading About me dwell principally Poles and Hungarians, who palaver in a lingo of which I know nothing and who live as I would despise to live, poor as I am.
year
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America_ (_Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso_) I have lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life.
York
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From this reading Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across the river from New York, in New Jersey, in sight of a splendid tower, the Woolworth Building on the lower end of Manhattan, which lifts its defiant spear of clay into the very maw of heaven.
