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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 The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
acquainted
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Lyman walked slowly across the public square.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading At the edge of the sidewalk he halted for a moment, and his eye ran along the signs over the doors.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading LAUGHED AT HIS WEAKNESS.
bat
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
become
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
blind
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
clerks
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
commented
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From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
doors
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From this reading At the edge of the sidewalk he halted for a moment, and his eye ran along the signs over the doors.
dreaming
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From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
edge
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From this reading At the edge of the sidewalk he halted for a moment, and his eye ran along the signs over the doors.
eye
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From this reading At the edge of the sidewalk he halted for a moment, and his eye ran along the signs over the doors.
fell
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From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
goes
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
ground
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From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
habits
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
halted
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From this reading At the edge of the sidewalk he halted for a moment, and his eye ran along the signs over the doors.
hard
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From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
head
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
heels
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From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
high
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From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading LAUGHED AT HIS WEAKNESS.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
LAUGHED
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From this reading LAUGHED AT HIS WEAKNESS.
lawyers
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
Lyman
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From this reading Lyman walked slowly across the public square.
moment
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From this reading At the edge of the sidewalk he halted for a moment, and his eye ran along the signs over the doors.
mood
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From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
now
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From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the edge of the sidewalk he halted for a moment, and his eye ran along the signs over the doors.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading At the edge of the sidewalk he halted for a moment, and his eye ran along the signs over the doors.
public
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From this reading Lyman walked slowly across the public square.
ran
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From this reading At the edge of the sidewalk he halted for a moment, and his eye ran along the signs over the doors.
saw
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
say
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
see
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From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
sidewalk
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From this reading At the edge of the sidewalk he halted for a moment, and his eye ran along the signs over the doors.
signs
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From this reading At the edge of the sidewalk he halted for a moment, and his eye ran along the signs over the doors.
slowly
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From this reading Lyman walked slowly across the public square.
square
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From this reading Lyman walked slowly across the public square.
story
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
strolling
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lyman walked slowly across the public square.
There
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
tradesmen
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
walked
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From this reading Lyman walked slowly across the public square.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And they commented upon him now, but they could see that he was not in a dreaming mood, for his head was high and his heels fell hard upon the ground.
WEAKNESSnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading LAUGHED AT HIS WEAKNESS.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
wont
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From this reading The lawyers, the clerks, the tradesmen, who had become acquainted with his habits were wont to say, as they saw him strolling about, "There he goes, blind as a bat, with a story in his head."
