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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 The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
afford
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From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
again
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From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
back
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
Benefactor
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
Boston
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
bought
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From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
clothes
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From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
cracked
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From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
Dan
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
Dan's
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
Danny
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From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
dim
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
down
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From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
dress
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
dusky
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
dusty
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
evening
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
felt
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From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
few
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From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
fine
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From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
Grant
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
groom
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From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
hat
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From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
high
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From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
hurriedly
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
later
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From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
little
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
look
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From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
machine
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
man
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
married
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
mended
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From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
mirror
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From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
moments
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From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
morning
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
new
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From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
niece
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
night
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From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
nodded
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From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
old
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From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
ones
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From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
out
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From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
people
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From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
pressed
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From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
Public
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
quite
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From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
reflection
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From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
rent
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
rickety
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
room
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
second-hand
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
sewing
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
shabby
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From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
shelfnounUS /ʃelf/
A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.
From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
shop
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
sold
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From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
sound
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
spent
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
stitching
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
Strange
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
street
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
suit
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
surveying
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From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
taking
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From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
there
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
to-night
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
up
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
Usually
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
very
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From this reading Usually he spent every evening in his dim little Boston shop, but to-night Dan's niece was to be married, and the old clothes man was hurriedly stitching up a rent in a dress suit he had bought that very morning from a dusky gentleman in Grant street.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
Well
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From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
whirr
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From this reading The Strange Public Benefactor In the dusty shop of Dan, the second-hand man, there was no sound except the whirr of a rickety sewing machine in the back room.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Dan bought old clothes which he mended and pressed and sold again to people who could not afford new ones.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Well pleased with his appearance he nodded to his reflection and taking down a second-hand high hat from his shelf let himself out into the night.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was worn and shabby, but surveying himself in the cracked mirror a few moments later Danny felt he would look quite as fine as the groom.
