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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 STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
accordance
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
AREauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
aren't
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From this reading "Why, yes, of course; aren't you!"
AROUSED
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
asked
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I hear there will be something doing to-night."
carried
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
Cavard
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
conversation
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
course
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From this reading "Why, yes, of course; aren't you!"
day
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
doing
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From this reading I hear there will be something doing to-night."
drift
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
following
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
foreman
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
going
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
guess
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From this reading "I guess so.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
hear
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From this reading I hear there will be something doing to-night."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I guess so.
ideas
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
main
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
meeting
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
opponents
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
outwitted
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
own
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
pausing
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
place
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
Rush's
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
shift
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I guess so.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I hear there will be something doing to-night."
Steve
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
STEVE'S
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
successfully
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
SUSPICIONS
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
there
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From this reading I hear there will be something doing to-night."
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
to-night
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From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
took
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
Why
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From this reading "Why, yes, of course; aren't you!"
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I hear there will be something doing to-night."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
yes
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From this reading "Why, yes, of course; aren't you!"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading STEVE'S SUSPICIONS AROUSED "ARE you going to the meeting to-night?" asked a foreman of a shift, pausing at Steve Rush's main drift.
young
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From this reading This conversation took place on the day following the meeting at which Cavard had so successfully outwitted his young opponents and had carried the meeting through in accordance with his own ideas.
