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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 Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
Algernon
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
arrived
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From this reading The street car had not arrived.
Bonaci
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
buildings
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From this reading It was set with handsome parks, notable buildings, and crowded with historic memories.
car
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From this reading The street car had not arrived.
city
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
company
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Concerning
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
Cowperwood
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
crowded
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From this reading It was set with handsome parks, notable buildings, and crowded with historic memories.
Crystal
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
delivery
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existence
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expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading Many of the things that we and he knew later were not then in existence—the telegraph, telephone, express company, ocean steamer, city delivery of mails.
fifty
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
Frank
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The street car had not arrived.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was set with handsome parks, notable buildings, and crowded with historic memories.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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historic
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From this reading It was set with handsome parks, notable buildings, and crowded with historic memories.
hundred
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Many of the things that we and he knew later were not then in existence—the telegraph, telephone, express company, ocean steamer, city delivery of mails.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was set with handsome parks, notable buildings, and crowded with historic memories.
knew
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later
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letters
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From this reading There were no postage-stamps or registered letters.
Magic
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
mails
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Many
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memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading It was set with handsome parks, notable buildings, and crowded with historic memories.
more
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
Mycteroperca
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There were no postage-stamps or registered letters.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Many of the things that we and he knew later were not then in existence—the telegraph, telephone, express company, ocean steamer, city delivery of mails.
notable
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From this reading It was set with handsome parks, notable buildings, and crowded with historic memories.
ocean
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There were no postage-stamps or registered letters.
parks
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From this reading It was set with handsome parks, notable buildings, and crowded with historic memories.
Philadelphia
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
postage-stamps
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From this reading There were no postage-stamps or registered letters.
registered
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From this reading There were no postage-stamps or registered letters.
set
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From this reading It was set with handsome parks, notable buildings, and crowded with historic memories.
steamer
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street
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From this reading The street car had not arrived.
telegraph
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telephone
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Many of the things that we and he knew later were not then in existence—the telegraph, telephone, express company, ocean steamer, city delivery of mails.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
then
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There
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things
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thousand
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
two
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From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Many of the things that we and he knew later were not then in existence—the telegraph, telephone, express company, ocean steamer, city delivery of mails.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Many of the things that we and he knew later were not then in existence—the telegraph, telephone, express company, ocean steamer, city delivery of mails.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci The Magic Crystal The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was set with handsome parks, notable buildings, and crowded with historic memories.
