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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 obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
absences
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
absent-minded
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
accountings
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
advent
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From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
appointment
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
away
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
Bartrow
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
BecauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
bridge
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
business
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
chair
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
cigars
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From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
cleared
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From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
clerical
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
commissariat
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
compensations
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
deference
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
Denver
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
department
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
dessert
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From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
didn't
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From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
dining
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
distance
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From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
down
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
end
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
entire
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
fact
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
fire
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From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
folded
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
friendships
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
glass
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From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
grateful
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
habit
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
home
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
hospitable
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
hotel
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
hovering
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From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
hush
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
ignore
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
incidents
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
indifferently
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
intervals
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
jar
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
lacuna
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
lamb-ranch
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From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
Lansdale
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
Lansdale's
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
leaving
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
letter
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
man-to-man
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
mar
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
meeting
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
merest
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From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
middle
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From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
Miss
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
months
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
much
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From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
Myriad
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
napkin
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
new-born
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
obsequious
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From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
ostensible
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
other
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
out
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
people
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
persiflant
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
prior
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
query
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From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
quiet
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From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
rejoinder
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From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
reluctant
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
restocking
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
rose
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
said
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From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
shelling
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From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
side
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From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
sidewise
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
slipped
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
small
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
smoothly
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
table
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From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
There
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
transacted
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
two
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From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
uncoupling
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
upcoupling
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
Van
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
Vetter's
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
waiter
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From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
well
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
whiskey
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From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
winter
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From this reading There were months between this and their last meeting, an entire winter, in point of fact; but it is one of the compensations of man-to-man friendships that they ignore absences and bridge intervals smoothly, uncoupling and upcoupling again with small jar of accountings for the incidents of the lacuna.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE obsequious waiter had cleared the table and brought in the dessert, and was hovering in the middle distance with two cigars in a whiskey glass.
woods
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From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
year
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From this reading Bartrow was down from the mine on the ostensible business of restocking the commissariat department of the Little Myriad,--a business which, prior to Miss Van Vetter's Denver year, had transacted itself indifferently well by letter,--and Lansdale was dining with him at the hotel by hospitable appointment.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
young
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From this reading The persiflant young people at the other end of the table rose and went away, leaving a grateful silence behind them; and the clerical gentleman at Lansdale's right folded his napkin in absent-minded deference to home habit, and slipped sidewise out of his chair as if reluctant to mar the new-born hush.
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Because of the persiflant young people, the fire of query and rejoinder had been the merest shelling of the woods on either side; but with the advent of quiet Bartrow said: "Your winter on the lamb-ranch didn't do you much good, did it?"
