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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 Murray, the gritty Gentile governor of Utah, would be noticed in a crowd.
abnormally
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From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Murray and the Mormons.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
apostle
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From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Murray, the gritty Gentile governor of Utah, would be noticed in a crowd.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
called
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From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
connubial
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From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
creed
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From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
crowd
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From this reading Murray, the gritty Gentile governor of Utah, would be noticed in a crowd.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
Gentile
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From this reading Murray, the gritty Gentile governor of Utah, would be noticed in a crowd.
Gov
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From this reading Gov.
governor
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From this reading Murray, the gritty Gentile governor of Utah, would be noticed in a crowd.
gritty
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From this reading Murray, the gritty Gentile governor of Utah, would be noticed in a crowd.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He is very tall, yet well proportioned, square-built and handsome.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He is very tall, yet well proportioned, square-built and handsome.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Murray, the gritty Gentile governor of Utah, would be noticed in a crowd.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He is very tall, yet well proportioned, square-built and handsome.
Kentucky
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From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
looking
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From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
Mormons
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From this reading Murray and the Mormons.
Murray
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From this reading Murray and the Mormons.
narrow-chested
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From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
noticed
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From this reading Murray, the gritty Gentile governor of Utah, would be noticed in a crowd.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Murray, the gritty Gentile governor of Utah, would be noticed in a crowd.
pretty
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From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
proportioned
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From this reading He is very tall, yet well proportioned, square-built and handsome.
see
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From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
square-built
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From this reading He is very tall, yet well proportioned, square-built and handsome.
tall
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From this reading He is very tall, yet well proportioned, square-built and handsome.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Murray and the Mormons.
Utah
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From this reading Murray, the gritty Gentile governor of Utah, would be noticed in a crowd.
very
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From this reading He is very tall, yet well proportioned, square-built and handsome.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was called fine looking in Kentucky, but the narrow-chested apostle of the abnormally connubial creed does not see anything pretty about him.
well
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From this reading He is very tall, yet well proportioned, square-built and handsome.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Murray, the gritty Gentile governor of Utah, would be noticed in a crowd.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He is very tall, yet well proportioned, square-built and handsome.