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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 NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
allow
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
Amidon
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
amusements
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
aristocratic
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
arms
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
attention
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From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
billiard
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
billiards
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
business
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
cares
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
chemical
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
cigar
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From this reading Kirby played very good billiards, and did not twist his cigar into the corner of his mouth when he made his shots, as most of Jerry’s friends did.
coat
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
corner
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From this reading Kirby played very good billiards, and did not twist his cigar into the corner of his mouth when he made his shots, as most of Jerry’s friends did.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
Eastern
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
envied
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From this reading “The lid’s on a little looser in your town than it was last winter,” remarked the envied one, sipping a ricky.
ESCAPE
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
evening
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
firm
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
fraternity
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From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
friends
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From this reading Kirby played very good billiards, and did not twist his cigar into the corner of his mouth when he made his shots, as most of Jerry’s friends did.
game
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
golf
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
good
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From this reading Kirby played very good billiards, and did not twist his cigar into the corner of his mouth when he made his shots, as most of Jerry’s friends did.
greatly
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From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
honored
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From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
House
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
hung
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
impressed
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
indicating
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
indulged
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
interfere
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Kirby played very good billiards, and did not twist his cigar into the corner of his mouth when he made his shots, as most of Jerry’s friends did.
invited
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “The lid’s on a little looser in your town than it was last winter,” remarked the envied one, sipping a ricky.
Jerry
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From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
Jerry's
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From this reading Kirby played very good billiards, and did not twist his cigar into the corner of his mouth when he made his shots, as most of Jerry’s friends did.
join
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
Kirby
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From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
last
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From this reading “The lid’s on a little looser in your town than it was last winter,” remarked the envied one, sipping a ricky.
lawful
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
lid's
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From this reading “The lid’s on a little looser in your town than it was last winter,” remarked the envied one, sipping a ricky.
little
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From this reading “The lid’s on a little looser in your town than it was last winter,” remarked the envied one, sipping a ricky.
looser
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From this reading “The lid’s on a little looser in your town than it was last winter,” remarked the envied one, sipping a ricky.
made
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From this reading Kirby played very good billiards, and did not twist his cigar into the corner of his mouth when he made his shots, as most of Jerry’s friends did.
mid-September
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
MoreoveradverbUS /mɔːˈroʊvər/
in addition to what has just been said
From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
most
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From this reading Kirby played very good billiards, and did not twist his cigar into the corner of his mouth when he made his shots, as most of Jerry’s friends did.
mouth
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From this reading Kirby played very good billiards, and did not twist his cigar into the corner of his mouth when he made his shots, as most of Jerry’s friends did.
NARROW
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
played
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From this reading Kirby played very good billiards, and did not twist his cigar into the corner of his mouth when he made his shots, as most of Jerry’s friends did.
proved
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
rainy
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
remarked
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From this reading “The lid’s on a little looser in your town than it was last winter,” remarked the envied one, sipping a ricky.
ricky
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From this reading “The lid’s on a little looser in your town than it was last winter,” remarked the envied one, sipping a ricky.
rolled
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
room
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
Russell
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From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
salesman
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
shirt
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
shots
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From this reading Kirby played very good billiards, and did not twist his cigar into the corner of his mouth when he made his shots, as most of Jerry’s friends did.
silk
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
sipping
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From this reading “The lid’s on a little looser in your town than it was last winter,” remarked the envied one, sipping a ricky.
sleeves
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
stars
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From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
tanned
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “The lid’s on a little looser in your town than it was last winter,” remarked the envied one, sipping a ricky.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
thoroughly
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
town
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From this reading “The lid’s on a little looser in your town than it was last winter,” remarked the envied one, sipping a ricky.
traveler's
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
traveling
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From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
twist
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From this reading Kirby played very good billiards, and did not twist his cigar into the corner of his mouth when he made his shots, as most of Jerry’s friends did.
up
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From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
very
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From this reading Kirby played very good billiards, and did not twist his cigar into the corner of his mouth when he made his shots, as most of Jerry’s friends did.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As Russell Kirby was one of the stars of the traveling fraternity, Jerry was greatly honored by this attention.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
Whitcomb
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From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE On a rainy evening in mid-September, a salesman for an Eastern chemical firm invited Amidon to join him in a game of billiards at the Whitcomb House.
winter
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From this reading “The lid’s on a little looser in your town than it was last winter,” remarked the envied one, sipping a ricky.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Moreover, when he hung up his coat in the billiard room and rolled up the sleeves of his silk shirt, the traveler’s arms proved to be thoroughly tanned--and this impressed Jerry as indicating that Kirby indulged in the aristocratic game of golf and did not allow the cares of business to interfere with his lawful amusements.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “The lid’s on a little looser in your town than it was last winter,” remarked the envied one, sipping a ricky.
