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amiss
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From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One of these buildings was devoted to the offices and warehouses.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
back
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From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
buildings
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From this reading One of these buildings was devoted to the offices and warehouses.
business
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From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
city
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From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
communication
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From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
counting-houses
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From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
days
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From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
devoted
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From this reading One of these buildings was devoted to the offices and warehouses.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
Fritz
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From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
garden
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From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The other (having the garden at the back) was the private residence.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
home
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From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
house
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From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
houses
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From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
included
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internal
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From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
Keller
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From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
late
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From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
lived
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From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
means
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From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
merchants
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From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
Mr
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From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
offices
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From this reading One of these buildings was devoted to the offices and warehouses.
old-fashioned
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From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of these buildings was devoted to the offices and warehouses.
other
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From this reading The other (having the garden at the back) was the private residence.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
pipe
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From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
place
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From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
private
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From this reading The other (having the garden at the back) was the private residence.
remark
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From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
residence
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From this reading The other (having the garden at the back) was the private residence.
return
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From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
sort
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From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
spacious
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From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading One of these buildings was devoted to the offices and warehouses.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In those days, it may not be amiss to remark that merchants of the old-fashioned sort still lived over their counting-houses in the city.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
together
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From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
two
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From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
Wagner's
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From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
walled
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From this reading On our return to home, I found Fritz Keller smoking his pipe in the walled garden at the back of the house.
warehouses
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From this reading One of these buildings was devoted to the offices and warehouses.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One of these buildings was devoted to the offices and warehouses.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The late Mr. Wagner's place of business included two spacious houses standing together, with internal means of communication.
