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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 A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
ahead
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From this reading A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
any
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
appointment
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From this reading A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
arrivals
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
arrive
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
bare
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
case
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
china
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
clatter
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
comfort
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From this reading There was a sense of warmth and comfort at my heart.
consolation
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
corner
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
crowd
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
dart
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
death
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
decorated
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From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
early
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
extension
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
few
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
flowers
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From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
got
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
half-bare
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
hats
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
heart
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From this reading There was a sense of warmth and comfort at my heart.
hum
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
idly
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From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
immediately
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
kink
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
knowledge
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
leaving
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
lonely
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
man
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
new
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
off
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
office
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
ordered
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
pale
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From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
PARTYnounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
passing
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
people
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
picture
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
quarter
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From this reading A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
relaxed
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
reported
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
reserved
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
rich
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
rooms
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
seem
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
sense
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From this reading There was a sense of warmth and comfort at my heart.
settling
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
shelfnounUS /ʃelf/
A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.
From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
shoulders
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
silver
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
sit
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From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
slipping
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
sort
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From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
specially
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From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
stream
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
supper
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
table
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
Tait's
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
telephone
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
ten
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From this reading A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
then
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
There
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From this reading There was a sense of warmth and comfort at my heart.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
tinted
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From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
touch
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
up
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
voices
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
volumes
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
waiters
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
wake
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
warmth
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From this reading There was a sense of warmth and comfort at my heart.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a sense of warmth and comfort at my heart.
watch
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From this reading A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
way
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
WEDDING
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From this reading A WEDDING PARTY I looked at my watch; quarter of ten; a little ahead of my appointment.
well-thumbed
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From this reading I am a lonely man; the people I take to seem to have a way of passing on in the stream of life--or death--leaving me with a few well-thumbed volumes on a shelf in my rooms for consolation.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
Women
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I wondered idly what sort of party would come to sit around one long table across from me specially decorated with pale tinted flowers.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
wraps
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From this reading I ordered a telephone extension brought to this corner table I had reserved at Tait's and got in touch with my office; then with the knowledge that any new kink in the case would be reported immediately to me, I relaxed to watch the early supper crowd arrive: Women in picture hats and bare or half-bare shoulders with rich wraps slipping off them; hum of voices; the clatter of silver and china; waiters beginning to wake up and dart about settling new arrivals.
