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1898
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From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
age
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From this reading But his case was not unique in that day and age of pluck and luck.
ambition
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Many another man had gone from the bottom to the top with the speed and security of the elevator car in the lofty "sky-scrapers."
BANSEMER
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
bottom
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From this reading Many another man had gone from the bottom to the top with the speed and security of the elevator car in the lofty "sky-scrapers."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
Cable
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
Cable's
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
cap
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From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
car
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From this reading Many another man had gone from the bottom to the top with the speed and security of the elevator car in the lofty "sky-scrapers."
case
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From this reading But his case was not unique in that day and age of pluck and luck.
City
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
CRASH
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danger
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
David
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day
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From this reading But his case was not unique in that day and age of pluck and luck.
deep
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
Denver
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departure
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ears
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
elevator
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From this reading Many another man had gone from the bottom to the top with the speed and security of the elevator car in the lofty "sky-scrapers."
ending
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
engine
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
engineer's
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From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
eye
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
finally
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
fleeing
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
Frances
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
given
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From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
gone
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From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
grime
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
hasty
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
heart
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
iron
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
lofty
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From this reading Many another man had gone from the bottom to the top with the speed and security of the elevator car in the lofty "sky-scrapers."
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
love
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
luck
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From this reading But his case was not unique in that day and age of pluck and luck.
magnate
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From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
man
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From this reading Many another man had gone from the bottom to the top with the speed and security of the elevator car in the lofty "sky-scrapers."
Many
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From this reading Many another man had gone from the bottom to the top with the speed and security of the elevator car in the lofty "sky-scrapers."
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
migrations
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New
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But his case was not unique in that day and age of pluck and luck.
Now
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From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
pluck
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From this reading But his case was not unique in that day and age of pluck and luck.
pride
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
quest
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
roar
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
rush
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
security
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From this reading Many another man had gone from the bottom to the top with the speed and security of the elevator car in the lofty "sky-scrapers."
shovel
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From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
silk
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From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
skin
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
sky-scrapers
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From this reading Many another man had gone from the bottom to the top with the speed and security of the elevator car in the lofty "sky-scrapers."
speed
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From this reading Many another man had gone from the bottom to the top with the speed and security of the elevator car in the lofty "sky-scrapers."
steel
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
strong
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From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
Then
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
there
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From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
thriving
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
tile
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From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
top
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From this reading Many another man had gone from the bottom to the top with the speed and security of the elevator car in the lofty "sky-scrapers."
Twenty
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
unique
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From this reading But his case was not unique in that day and age of pluck and luck.
virtually
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
way
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From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
Western
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
white
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From this reading Now, in 1898, David Cable's hands were white and strong; the grime was gone; the engineer's cap had given way to the silk tile of the magnate; and the shovel was a memory.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, the grime of the engine was on Cable's hands and deep beneath his skin; the roar of iron and steel and the rush of wind was ever in his ears; the quest of danger in his eye; but there was love, pride and a new ambition in his heart.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Many another man had gone from the bottom to the top with the speed and security of the elevator car in the lofty "sky-scrapers."
years
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
York
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From this reading THE BANSEMER CRASH Twenty long years had passed since David and Frances Cable took their hasty departure--virtually fleeing from New York City, their migrations finally ending in that thriving Western city--Denver.
