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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 A DEMOCRACY.
air
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
arrangement
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
breaths
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
building
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From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
built
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The weakness of nearly every newspaper is its editorial page, and especially so when the paper is owned by a politician.
cold
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
comfortless
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
consisted
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From this reading Henry found that the working force consisted mainly of a few young reporters and a large force of editorial writers.
DEMOCRACY
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From this reading A DEMOCRACY.
drafts
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
editorial
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From this reading Henry found that the working force consisted mainly of a few young reporters and a large force of editorial writers.
especially
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The weakness of nearly every newspaper is its editorial page, and especially so when the paper is owned by a politician.
failed
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From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
few
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From this reading Henry found that the working force consisted mainly of a few young reporters and a large force of editorial writers.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
force
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From this reading Henry found that the working force consisted mainly of a few young reporters and a large force of editorial writers.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Henry found that the working force consisted mainly of a few young reporters and a large force of editorial writers.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
Henry
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From this reading Henry found that the working force consisted mainly of a few young reporters and a large force of editorial writers.
hot
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
interior
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The weakness of nearly every newspaper is its editorial page, and especially so when the paper is owned by a politician.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The weakness of nearly every newspaper is its editorial page, and especially so when the paper is owned by a politician.
large
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From this reading Henry found that the working force consisted mainly of a few young reporters and a large force of editorial writers.
mainly
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From this reading Henry found that the working force consisted mainly of a few young reporters and a large force of editorial writers.
more
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From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
nearly
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From this reading The weakness of nearly every newspaper is its editorial page, and especially so when the paper is owned by a politician.
newspaper
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From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
office
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
old
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From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
oppression
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
owned
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From this reading The weakness of nearly every newspaper is its editorial page, and especially so when the paper is owned by a politician.
page
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From this reading The weakness of nearly every newspaper is its editorial page, and especially so when the paper is owned by a politician.
paper
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From this reading The weakness of nearly every newspaper is its editorial page, and especially so when the paper is owned by a politician.
place
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
politician
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From this reading The weakness of nearly every newspaper is its editorial page, and especially so when the paper is owned by a politician.
printednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
reporters
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From this reading Henry found that the working force consisted mainly of a few young reporters and a large force of editorial writers.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
Star
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From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
subject
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
summer
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
unaccountable
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
weaknessnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading The weakness of nearly every newspaper is its editorial page, and especially so when the paper is owned by a politician.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The weakness of nearly every newspaper is its editorial page, and especially so when the paper is owned by a politician.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The _Star_ was printed in an old building where more than one newspaper had failed.
winter
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From this reading The interior of the place was so comfortless in arrangement, so subject to unaccountable drafts of cold air in winter and breaths of hot oppression in summer, that it must have been built especially for a newspaper office.
working
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From this reading Henry found that the working force consisted mainly of a few young reporters and a large force of editorial writers.
writers
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From this reading Henry found that the working force consisted mainly of a few young reporters and a large force of editorial writers.
young
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From this reading Henry found that the working force consisted mainly of a few young reporters and a large force of editorial writers.
