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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 was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
affairs
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From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
also
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From this reading He was, no doubt, guilty; but, also, no doubt, he had ways and means of evading the law.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
bluish-gray
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From this reading It was very cold, and both men wore long, dark, bluish-gray overcoats, cut in the latest mode.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading It was very cold, and both men wore long, dark, bluish-gray overcoats, cut in the latest mode.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was, no doubt, guilty; but, also, no doubt, he had ways and means of evading the law.
came
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From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
canny
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From this reading His lawyer, Harper Steger, looked very shrewd and canny to them.
cold
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From this reading It was very cold, and both men wore long, dark, bluish-gray overcoats, cut in the latest mode.
convicted
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From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
courtroom
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From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
Cowperwood
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crowded
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From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
cut
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From this reading It was very cold, and both men wore long, dark, bluish-gray overcoats, cut in the latest mode.
dark
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From this reading It was very cold, and both men wore long, dark, bluish-gray overcoats, cut in the latest mode.
doubt
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From this reading He was, no doubt, guilty; but, also, no doubt, he had ways and means of evading the law.
evading
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From this reading He was, no doubt, guilty; but, also, no doubt, he had ways and means of evading the law.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
father
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From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
financier
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From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
fresh
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From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
guilty
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From this reading He was, no doubt, guilty; but, also, no doubt, he had ways and means of evading the law.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was, no doubt, guilty; but, also, no doubt, he had ways and means of evading the law.
Harper
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From this reading His lawyer, Harper Steger, looked very shrewd and canny to them.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was, no doubt, guilty; but, also, no doubt, he had ways and means of evading the law.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was very cold, and both men wore long, dark, bluish-gray overcoats, cut in the latest mode.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
jaunty
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From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
latest
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From this reading It was very cold, and both men wore long, dark, bluish-gray overcoats, cut in the latest mode.
law
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From this reading He was, no doubt, guilty; but, also, no doubt, he had ways and means of evading the law.
lawyer
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From this reading His lawyer, Harper Steger, looked very shrewd and canny to them.
like
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From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was very cold, and both men wore long, dark, bluish-gray overcoats, cut in the latest mode.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His lawyer, Harper Steger, looked very shrewd and canny to them.
looking
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From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
man
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From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
means
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From this reading He was, no doubt, guilty; but, also, no doubt, he had ways and means of evading the law.
men
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From this reading It was very cold, and both men wore long, dark, bluish-gray overcoats, cut in the latest mode.
mode
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From this reading It was very cold, and both men wore long, dark, bluish-gray overcoats, cut in the latest mode.
most
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From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
much
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From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He was, no doubt, guilty; but, also, no doubt, he had ways and means of evading the law.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
overcoats
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From this reading It was very cold, and both men wore long, dark, bluish-gray overcoats, cut in the latest mode.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
really
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From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
shrewd
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From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
stared
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From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
Steger
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From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
too
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From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
very
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From this reading His lawyer, Harper Steger, looked very shrewd and canny to them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
ways
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From this reading He was, no doubt, guilty; but, also, no doubt, he had ways and means of evading the law.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When Cowperwood came into the crowded courtroom with his father and Steger, quite fresh and jaunty (looking the part of the shrewd financier, the man of affairs), every one stared.
wore
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From this reading It was very cold, and both men wore long, dark, bluish-gray overcoats, cut in the latest mode.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was really too much to expect, most of them thought, that a man like this would be convicted.
