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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 They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
bald
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From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Morgan had never been so interesting as now that he himself was made plainer by the sidelight of these confidences.
came
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From this reading What came out in it most was the small fine passion of his pride.
common
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
confidences
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From this reading Morgan had never been so interesting as now that he himself was made plainer by the sidelight of these confidences.
consequences
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From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
created
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
deal
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From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
didn't
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
doing
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From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
droll
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From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
exchange
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
facts
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From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
fascination
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From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What came out in it most was the small fine passion of his pride.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
friend's
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From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Morgan had never been so interesting as now that he himself was made plainer by the sidelight of these confidences.
heartlessness
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From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Morgan had never been so interesting as now that he himself was made plainer by the sidelight of these confidences.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
interesting
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From this reading Morgan had never been so interesting as now that he himself was made plainer by the sidelight of these confidences.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
judge
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
judgement
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
just
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From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
leaving
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From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
made
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From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
Morgan
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From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
most
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From this reading What came out in it most was the small fine passion of his pride.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Morgan had never been so interesting as now that he himself was made plainer by the sidelight of these confidences.
Now
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
out
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From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
pair
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
parlance
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From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
passion
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From this reading What came out in it most was the small fine passion of his pride.
Pemberton
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From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
people
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
perceptions
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
plainer
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From this reading Morgan had never been so interesting as now that he himself was made plainer by the sidelight of these confidences.
pretend
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
pride
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From this reading What came out in it most was the small fine passion of his pride.
purpose
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From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
sidelight
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From this reading Morgan had never been so interesting as now that he himself was made plainer by the sidelight of these confidences.
small
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From this reading What came out in it most was the small fine passion of his pride.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
stuck
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From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
talking
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From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
there
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From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Morgan had never been so interesting as now that he himself was made plainer by the sidelight of these confidences.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
tie
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
ugly
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From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
useless
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
very
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From this reading Now that the pair had such perceptions in common it was useless for them to pretend they didn’t judge such people; but the very judgement and the exchange of perceptions created another tie.
vivid
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From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the first consequences of their doing so was that Pemberton stuck it out, in his friend’s parlance, for the purpose.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What came out in it most was the small fine passion of his pride.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Morgan made the facts so vivid and so droll, and at the same time so bald and so ugly, that there was fascination in talking them over with him, just as there would have been heartlessness in leaving him alone with them.
