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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 More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
backed
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
banker
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
banking
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From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
better
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From this reading You have seen better than that.
bona
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
bound
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
broke
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From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
business
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From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
Change
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
concurrence
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From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
Couture
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From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
created
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From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
difficulty
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From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
fall
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
fide
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
given
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
going
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From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
government
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
hardest-headed
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have seen better than that.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
induced
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
interest
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From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
keep
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From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
less
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From this reading These operations were more or less like Nucingen’s settlements.”
light
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From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
like
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From this reading These operations were more or less like Nucingen’s settlements.”
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
men
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
More
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
Nucingen's
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From this reading These operations were more or less like Nucingen’s settlements.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
older
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From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
operations
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From this reading These operations were more or less like Nucingen’s settlements.”
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading These operations were more or less like Nucingen’s settlements.”
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
pay
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From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
possible
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From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
seen
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From this reading You have seen better than that.
settlements
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From this reading These operations were more or less like Nucingen’s settlements.”
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
sort
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From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
stock
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These operations were more or less like Nucingen’s settlements.”
things
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From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
tide
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From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
up
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From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These operations were more or less like Nucingen’s settlements.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Have you not seen stock created with the concurrence of a government to pay the interest upon older stock, so as to keep things going and tide over the difficulty?
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading More than one _bona fide_ banker, backed up by a _bona fide_ government, has induced the hardest-headed men on ‘Change to take up stock which is bound to fall within a given time.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “But if you look at banking in that light,” broke in Couture, “no sort of business would be possible.
