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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 DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
appeared
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From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
beaded
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From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
beam
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From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
bearing
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From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
crystal
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
disintegrate
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From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
dozen
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
dry
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From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
DRYING
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
Ernest
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From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
expressed
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exuded
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From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
felts
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From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
further
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From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
gave
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From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
get
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From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
glittered
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From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
grain
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From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
hand
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
imparted
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From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
impost
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From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
Indeed
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From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
leaf
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
lent
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From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
levers
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From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
LOFTS
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
made
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From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
many
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From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
mark
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From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
men
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From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
moisture
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From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
more
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
new
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
newly
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From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
paper
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
passing
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From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
pattern
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From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
piles
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
press
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From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
presses
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
pressing
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From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
pressure
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
purchase
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From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
removed
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From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
rivulets
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From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
room
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
screw
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From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
sheet
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From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
stack
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From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
strain
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From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
subjected
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From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
then
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From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Here, under this tremendous impost, the grain mark, or pattern imparted to each sheet by the felts at the first pressing in the vat room, was removed.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
thrust
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From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
tons
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tremendous
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
Trood
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From this reading Ernest Trood, passing through the pressing room, gave a hand, and a stack of newly made paper was subjected to such strain that one had thought it must disintegrate beneath it.
turn
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From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
united
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From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
up
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
vat
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For the last turn of the screw a great beam was thrust into the press and as many men as could get purchase upon it lent their united strength.
water
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Indeed, with half a dozen men bearing on the levers of the presses, the “water leaf,” that had appeared so dry, beaded and glittered and then exuded further rivulets of moisture.
yielded
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From this reading THE DRYING LOFTS A dozen great piles of “water leaf” had come up from the vat room to the hand presses, and here the paper, from which tons of crystal water had already been expressed below, under new and tremendous pressure yielded still more.
