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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 It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
back
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From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There was a small lawn before it, moderately cared for, and one tree.
Braun
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From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
cared
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From this reading There was a small lawn before it, moderately cared for, and one tree.
Common
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conceive
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coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
crooked
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D
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down
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Ds
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From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
egregiously
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From this reading And only the Ivory Tower type would predict that egregiously wrongly!
entity
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was a small lawn before it, moderately cared for, and one tree.
Frederick
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From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
furniture
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From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
going
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From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
horn-rims
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house
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From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
idea
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From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
Ivory
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lawn
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From this reading There was a small lawn before it, moderately cared for, and one tree.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
M
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From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
Man
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moderately
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From this reading There was a small lawn before it, moderately cared for, and one tree.
months
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From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
nose
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From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was a small lawn before it, moderately cared for, and one tree.
only
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From this reading And only the Ivory Tower type would predict that egregiously wrongly!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
other
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From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
out
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painting
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From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
Ph
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porch
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From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
predict
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From this reading And only the Ivory Tower type would predict that egregiously wrongly!
pushed
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From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
scientists
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six
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From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
slightly
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From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
small
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From this reading There was a small lawn before it, moderately cared for, and one tree.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
statistical
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From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
testing
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From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
There
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From this reading There was a small lawn before it, moderately cared for, and one tree.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
Tower
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tracking
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From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
tree
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From this reading There was a small lawn before it, moderately cared for, and one tree.
trio
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two-story
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type
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up
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usual
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From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
various
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From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a small lawn before it, moderately cared for, and one tree.
wooden
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From this reading Frederick Braun, M.D., Ph.D., various other Ds, pushed his slightly crooked horn-rims back on his nose and looked up at the two-story wooden house.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him.
wrongly
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From this reading And only the Ivory Tower type would predict that egregiously wrongly!
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading There was the usual porch furniture, and the house was going to need painting in another six months or so, but not quite yet.
