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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 CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
barrel
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
bed
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From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
best
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From this reading Helping to recover Clayte's loot for Worth Gilbert looked to the opposition their best bet for squaring themselves.
bet
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From this reading Helping to recover Clayte's loot for Worth Gilbert looked to the opposition their best bet for squaring themselves.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
boxes
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
Bronson
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They wanted the screws put on; but I intended to handle Vandeman in my own way.
city
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
Clayte
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
Clayte's
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climbed
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From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
clothes
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From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
CONFESSION
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
Cummings
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From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
describe
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
desks
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
dingy
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
dug
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From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
dusty
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
Dykeman
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From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
Edward
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
face
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Helping to recover Clayte's loot for Worth Gilbert looked to the opposition their best bet for squaring themselves.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
Gilbert
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hacked
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
halted
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From this reading I had halted the lawyer on the lock-up threshold, with, "Cummings, I want you to keep still in here.
handle
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From this reading They wanted the screws put on; but I intended to handle Vandeman in my own way.
Helping
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From this reading Helping to recover Clayte's loot for Worth Gilbert looked to the opposition their best bet for squaring themselves.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had halted the lawyer on the lock-up threshold, with, "Cummings, I want you to keep still in here.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
how
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
intended
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From this reading They wanted the screws put on; but I intended to handle Vandeman in my own way.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
jail
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From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
keep
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From this reading I had halted the lawyer on the lock-up threshold, with, "Cummings, I want you to keep still in here.
known
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
lawyer
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From this reading I had halted the lawyer on the lock-up threshold, with, "Cummings, I want you to keep still in here.
lock-up
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From this reading I had halted the lawyer on the lock-up threshold, with, "Cummings, I want you to keep still in here.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helping to recover Clayte's loot for Worth Gilbert looked to the opposition their best bet for squaring themselves.
loot
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From this reading Helping to recover Clayte's loot for Worth Gilbert looked to the opposition their best bet for squaring themselves.
man
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading They wanted the screws put on; but I intended to handle Vandeman in my own way.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
office
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
old
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They wanted the screws put on; but I intended to handle Vandeman in my own way.
opposition
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From this reading Helping to recover Clayte's loot for Worth Gilbert looked to the opposition their best bet for squaring themselves.
out
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
own
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From this reading They wanted the screws put on; but I intended to handle Vandeman in my own way.
papers
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
played
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
prison
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
put
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From this reading They wanted the screws put on; but I intended to handle Vandeman in my own way.
recover
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From this reading Helping to recover Clayte's loot for Worth Gilbert looked to the opposition their best bet for squaring themselves.
sand
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
screws
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From this reading They wanted the screws put on; but I intended to handle Vandeman in my own way.
see
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
sick
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From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
squaring
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From this reading Helping to recover Clayte's loot for Worth Gilbert looked to the opposition their best bet for squaring themselves.
stenographer
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From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had halted the lawyer on the lock-up threshold, with, "Cummings, I want you to keep still in here.
stove
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Helping to recover Clayte's loot for Worth Gilbert looked to the opposition their best bet for squaring themselves.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Helping to recover Clayte's loot for Worth Gilbert looked to the opposition their best bet for squaring themselves.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They wanted the screws put on; but I intended to handle Vandeman in my own way.
threshold
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From this reading I had halted the lawyer on the lock-up threshold, with, "Cummings, I want you to keep still in here.
tin
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From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
tried
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
up
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From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail.
Vandeman
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
want
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From this reading I had halted the lawyer on the lock-up threshold, with, "Cummings, I want you to keep still in here.
wanted
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From this reading They wanted the screws put on; but I intended to handle Vandeman in my own way.
watched
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From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
way
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From this reading They wanted the screws put on; but I intended to handle Vandeman in my own way.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A CONFESSION In the dingy office of the city prison, with its sand boxes and barrel stove, its hacked old desks, dusty books and papers, I watched Bronson Vandeman, and wondered to see how the man I had known played in and out across his face with the man Edward Clayte, whom I had tried to imagine, whom nobody could describe.
Worth
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From this reading Helping to recover Clayte's loot for Worth Gilbert looked to the opposition their best bet for squaring themselves.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I had halted the lawyer on the lock-up threshold, with, "Cummings, I want you to keep still in here.
