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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 During the journey she hardly felt a distinct thought.
all
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From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Below, men laughed, and glasses and billiard-balls clicked behind bright new green blinds.
apparently
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But at intervals she would touch the outline of the vial at her waist.
B
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Below, men laughed, and glasses and billiard-balls clicked behind bright new green blinds.
BelowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Below, men laughed, and glasses and billiard-balls clicked behind bright new green blinds.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
billiard-balls
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From this reading Below, men laughed, and glasses and billiard-balls clicked behind bright new green blinds.
blinds
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From this reading Below, men laughed, and glasses and billiard-balls clicked behind bright new green blinds.
brick
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From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
bright
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From this reading Below, men laughed, and glasses and billiard-balls clicked behind bright new green blinds.
building
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From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But at intervals she would touch the outline of the vial at her waist.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
chewed
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
clicked
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From this reading Below, men laughed, and glasses and billiard-balls clicked behind bright new green blinds.
cuspidor
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
dark
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
distinct
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From this reading During the journey she hardly felt a distinct thought.
door
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During the journey she hardly felt a distinct thought.
end
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
farther
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felt
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glass
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
glasses
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From this reading Below, men laughed, and glasses and billiard-balls clicked behind bright new green blinds.
green
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From this reading Below, men laughed, and glasses and billiard-balls clicked behind bright new green blinds.
hall
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
hardly
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From this reading During the journey she hardly felt a distinct thought.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But at intervals she would touch the outline of the vial at her waist.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
intervals
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From this reading But at intervals she would touch the outline of the vial at her waist.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
J
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
journey
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justice's
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L
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
laughed
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From this reading Below, men laughed, and glasses and billiard-balls clicked behind bright new green blinds.
led
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
Leitner
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
many
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
men
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mortar
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From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
name
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
narrow
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
new
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From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But at intervals she would touch the outline of the vial at her waist.
office
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From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
outline
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From this reading But at intervals she would touch the outline of the vial at her waist.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
P
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
panels
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
regarded
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
second
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From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading During the journey she hardly felt a distinct thought.
showed
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
stairway
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
steep
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
story
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From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading During the journey she hardly felt a distinct thought.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
thought
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From this reading During the journey she hardly felt a distinct thought.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
tobacco
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
touch
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From this reading But at intervals she would touch the outline of the vial at her waist.
trodden
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
twinkled
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From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
up
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
vial
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From this reading But at intervals she would touch the outline of the vial at her waist.
waist
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From this reading But at intervals she would touch the outline of the vial at her waist.
walls
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
white
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From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The justice’s office was in the second story of a new brick building that twinkled all over with white mortar.
wooden
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
world
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From this reading A steep, dark wooden stairway, apparently trodden by many men who chewed tobacco and regarded the world as their cuspidor, led between the walls up to a narrow hall, at the farther end of which a door showed on its glass panels the name L. B. Leitner, J.P.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But at intervals she would touch the outline of the vial at her waist.
