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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 IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
any
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From this reading "That's something saved from the wreck, at any rate," he said.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
bank
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
become
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From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
bottle
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
BoundarynounUS /ˈbaʊn.də.ri/
A line that marks the limits of an area.
From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
BOX
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
burnt
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
colonel
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
despair
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From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
diamond
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
discoloured
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
dropped
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
eyes
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From this reading The manager's grave eyes were fixed on his.
fixed
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From this reading The manager's grave eyes were fixed on his.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "That's something saved from the wreck, at any rate," he said.
gone
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From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
grave
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From this reading The manager's grave eyes were fixed on his.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
happened
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
man
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From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
manager
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
manager's
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From this reading The manager's grave eyes were fixed on his.
many
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From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
medicine
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
mouth
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From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
old
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From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The manager's grave eyes were fixed on his.
ORPHEUM
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
rate
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From this reading "That's something saved from the wreck, at any rate," he said.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Something saved from the wreck," he repeated slowly.
rich
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From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
room
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
said
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From this reading "That's something saved from the wreck, at any rate," he said.
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That's something saved from the wreck, at any rate," he said.
slowly
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From this reading "Something saved from the wreck," he repeated slowly.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "That's something saved from the wreck, at any rate," he said.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
That's
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From this reading "That's something saved from the wreck, at any rate," he said.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
trembled
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From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The manager's grave eyes were fixed on his.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
wiped
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From this reading IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM The colonel wiped his burnt and discoloured hands after he had dropped the last diamond into a medicine bottle which the bank manager happened to have in the room.
wreck
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From this reading "That's something saved from the wreck, at any rate," he said.
younger
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From this reading He had gone suddenly old, and his mouth trembled, as many a younger mouth had trembled in despair that Colonel Boundary might become a rich man.
