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1
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From this reading "'Lots 1 to 56 in Block 10, Guilford & Hawk's Addition,'" said Kent, reading from a memorandum in his note-book.
10
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From this reading "'Lots 1 to 56 in Block 10, Guilford & Hawk's Addition,'" said Kent, reading from a memorandum in his note-book.
56
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From this reading "'Lots 1 to 56 in Block 10, Guilford & Hawk's Addition,'" said Kent, reading from a memorandum in his note-book.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
above-board
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From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
addition
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From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
afterward
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From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
all
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From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
bare
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From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
beautifully
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From this reading "It lies beautifully, doesn't it?"
Block
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From this reading "'Lots 1 to 56 in Block 10, Guilford & Hawk's Addition,'" said Kent, reading from a memorandum in his note-book.
brown
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From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
corners
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date
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From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
doesn't
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From this reading "It lies beautifully, doesn't it?"
drive
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From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
enough
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From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "'Lots 1 to 56 in Block 10, Guilford & Hawk's Addition,'" said Kent, reading from a memorandum in his note-book.
fully
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From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
Gaston's
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Guilford
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From this reading "'Lots 1 to 56 in Block 10, Guilford & Hawk's Addition,'" said Kent, reading from a memorandum in his note-book.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
Hawk's
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From this reading "'Lots 1 to 56 in Block 10, Guilford & Hawk's Addition,'" said Kent, reading from a memorandum in his note-book.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "'Lots 1 to 56 in Block 10, Guilford & Hawk's Addition,'" said Kent, reading from a memorandum in his note-book.
Hunnicott
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From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
improvements
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From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
Kent
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From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
knowledge
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From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
lies
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From this reading "It lies beautifully, doesn't it?"
locating
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looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
lot
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Lots
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From this reading "'Lots 1 to 56 in Block 10, Guilford & Hawk's Addition,'" said Kent, reading from a memorandum in his note-book.
made
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From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
memorandum
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From this reading "'Lots 1 to 56 in Block 10, Guilford & Hawk's Addition,'" said Kent, reading from a memorandum in his note-book.
minutes
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note-book
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From this reading "'Lots 1 to 56 in Block 10, Guilford & Hawk's Addition,'" said Kent, reading from a memorandum in his note-book.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
only
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ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
out
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From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
plain
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From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
property
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From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
quartet
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reading
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From this reading "'Lots 1 to 56 in Block 10, Guilford & Hawk's Addition,'" said Kent, reading from a memorandum in his note-book.
remotest
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rotting
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said
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From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
square
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From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
stakings
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From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
street
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suburb
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surrey
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From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
Twenty
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up
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From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
we'll
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From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
weathered
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well
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From this reading "We all know the property well enough, but to have it all fair and above-board, we'll drive out and look it over, so that our knowledge may be said to be fully up to date."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Twenty minutes afterward the quartet was locating the corners of a square in Gaston's remotest suburb; an "addition" whose only improvements were the weathered and rotting street and lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Hunnicott has told you what I am after," said Kent, when the surrey party was made up.
