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Manslaughter

Chapter VIII

Chapter 8 of Manslaughter is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Alice Duer Miller • Curated US English Learning Edition
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Drummond died late in the evening.
An account of the accident was in the headlines of the morning papers.
Unfortunately for Lydia, he was a conspicuous local figure.
He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.
Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Manslaughter

Chapter VIII

Chapter 8 of Manslaughter is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/78 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Drummond died late in the evening.
Line 2
An account of the accident was in the headlines of the morning papers.
/æn əˈkaʊnt ʌv ðə ˈæksədənt wɑːz ɪn ðə ˈhedlaɪnz ʌv ðə ˈmɔːrnɪŋ ˈpeɪpərz/
Line 3
Unfortunately for Lydia, he was a conspicuous local figure.
/ənˈfɔːrtʃənətli fɔːr ˈlɪdiə hiː wɑːz ə kənˈspɪkjuːəs ˈloʊkəl ˈfɪɡjər/
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He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.
Line 5
Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

dissipated adjective US /ˈdɪsəpeɪtɪd/

unrestrained by convention or morality

From this reading “He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
draft noun US /dræft/

a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another

From this reading “He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.”

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good-looking adjective US /ˈɡʊdlʊkɪŋ/

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

From this reading “He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hardware noun US /ˈhɑːrdwer/

major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)

From this reading “Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
headlines noun US /ˈhedlaɪnz/

plural of “headline” — the heading or caption of a newspaper article

From this reading “An account of the accident was in the headlines of the morning papers.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Lydia noun US /ˈlɪdiə/

an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC

From this reading “Unfortunately for Lydia, he was a conspicuous local figure.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
popularity noun US /ˌpɑːpjəˈlerəti/

the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after

From this reading “He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
volunteered verb US /ˌvɑːlənˈtɪrd/

past form of “volunteer” — tell voluntarily

From this reading “He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

Regular Army adjective + noun

a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

In this reading “He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.”

689 times in 225,867 chapters
love affair noun + noun

a relationship between two lovers

In this reading “Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.”

1,738 times in 225,867 chapters
morning papers noun + noun

In this reading “An account of the accident was in the headlines of the morning papers.”

1,047 times in 225,867 chapters
waited for verb + particle counted as “wait for”

In this reading “He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.”

50,095 times in 225,867 chapters
come home verb + noun

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

In this reading “He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.”

35,927 times in 225,867 chapters
in the evening preposition + article + noun counted as “in … evening”

In this reading “Drummond died late in the evening.”

32,925 times in 225,867 chapters

All words in this reading · 64

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Unfortunately for Lydia, he was a conspicuous local figure.

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accidentnounUS /ˈæksədənt/

an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

From this reading An account of the accident was in the headlines of the morning papers.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
accountnounUS /əˈkaʊnt/

a record or narrative description of past events

From this reading An account of the accident was in the headlines of the morning papers.

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affairnounUS /əˈfer/

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

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Alma

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From this reading Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

Pending verification
AndeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading An account of the accident was in the headlines of the morning papers.

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ArmynounUS /ˈɑːrmi/

a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
boynounUS /bɔɪ/

a youthful male person

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
boy-and-girl

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

Pending verification
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
comeverbUS /kʌm/

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
conspicuousadjectiveUS /kənˈspɪkjuːəs/

obvious to the eye or mind

From this reading Unfortunately for Lydia, he was a conspicuous local figure.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
daughternounUS /ˈdɔːtər/

a female human offspring

From this reading Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
diedverbUS /daɪd/

past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading Drummond died late in the evening.

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dissipatedadjectiveUS /ˈdɪsəpeɪtɪd/

unrestrained by convention or morality

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
draftnounUS /dræft/

a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Drummond

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From this reading Drummond died late in the evening.

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earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
eveningnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋ/

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading Drummond died late in the evening.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
figurenounUS /ˈfɪɡjər/

a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

From this reading Unfortunately for Lydia, he was a conspicuous local figure.

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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Unfortunately for Lydia, he was a conspicuous local figure.

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FrancenounUS /fræns/

a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
goneadjectiveUS /ɡɔːn/

destroyed or killed

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

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good-lookingadjectiveUS /ˈɡʊdlʊkɪŋ/

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hardwarenounUS /ˈhɑːrdwer/

major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)

From this reading Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Unfortunately for Lydia, he was a conspicuous local figure.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
headlinesnounUS /ˈhedlaɪnz/

plural of “headline” — the heading or caption of a newspaper article

From this reading An account of the accident was in the headlines of the morning papers.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
heroicadjectiveUS /hɪˈroʊɪk/

very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
homenounUS /hoʊm/

where you live at a particular time

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Drummond died late in the evening.

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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
lateadjectiveUS /leɪt/

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading Drummond died late in the evening.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
localadjectiveUS /ˈloʊkəl/

relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area

From this reading Unfortunately for Lydia, he was a conspicuous local figure.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
lovenounUS /lʌv/

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
LydianounUS /ˈlɪdiə/

an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC

From this reading Unfortunately for Lydia, he was a conspicuous local figure.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mennounUS /men/

the force of workers available

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
merchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/

A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.

From this reading Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

Velmora curated lexicon
MoreoveradverbUS /mɔːˈroʊvər/

in addition to what has just been said

From this reading Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
morningnounUS /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading An account of the accident was in the headlines of the morning papers.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading An account of the accident was in the headlines of the morning papers.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
papersnounUS /ˈpeɪpərz/

writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

From this reading An account of the accident was in the headlines of the morning papers.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
popularitynounUS /ˌpɑːpjəˈlerəti/

the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
recordnounUS /rəˈkɔːrd/

anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
RegularadjectiveUS /ˈreɡjələr/

in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Drummond died late in the evening.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
UnfortunatelyadverbUS /ənˈfɔːrtʃənətli/

by bad luck

From this reading Unfortunately for Lydia, he was a conspicuous local figure.

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unwoundedadjective

not wounded

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
volunteeredverbUS /ˌvɑːlənˈtɪrd/

past form of “volunteer” — tell voluntarily

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
waitedverbUS /ˈweɪtɪd/

past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading An account of the accident was in the headlines of the morning papers.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

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withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading He had had the early popularity of a good-looking, dissipated boy, and then he had been one of the men who had not waited for the draft but had volunteered and gone into the Regular Army, and had come home from France unwounded, with a heroic record.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
Wooley

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From this reading Moreover, there had been a long boy-and-girl love affair between him and Alma Wooley, the daughter of the hardware merchant.

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A word that appears in the opening chapter of Manslaughter; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Kitchen
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Manslaughter; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
United
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Manslaughter; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
States
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Manslaughter; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.