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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 Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
afternoons
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From this reading The languorous afternoons invited to slumber.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
bad
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
breatheverbUS /briːð/
to speak or reveal information, especially secretly
From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
chats
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
Cobbler's
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From this reading Life In the Cobbler's Shop--Manuel's Friends.
cooped
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
corner
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
crowning
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
day
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
everlasting
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
exchange
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
formed
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
Friends
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From this reading Life In the Cobbler's Shop--Manuel's Friends.
future
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
hot
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From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
impossible
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From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
impressions
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Life In the Cobbler's Shop--Manuel's Friends.
invited
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From this reading The languorous afternoons invited to slumber.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
languorous
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From this reading The languorous afternoons invited to slumber.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life In the Cobbler's Shop--Manuel's Friends.
luck
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
Manuel
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
Manuel's
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From this reading Life In the Cobbler's Shop--Manuel's Friends.
misfortune
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
money
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
months
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From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
nature
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
October
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From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
off
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
outworn
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
plans
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
ripping
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
sacrifice
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
September
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From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
shoe
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From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
shoemaker's
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
Shop
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From this reading Life In the Cobbler's Shop--Manuel's Friends.
slumber
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From this reading The languorous afternoons invited to slumber.
soles
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
spend
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
talk
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Life In the Cobbler's Shop--Manuel's Friends.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
themes
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
things
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
thousand
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
up
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From this reading To both it seemed a great sacrifice, something in the nature of a crowning misfortune in their bad luck, to have to spend day after day cooped up in a corner ripping off outworn soles.
very
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From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
Vidal
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
way
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The months of September and October were very hot; it was impossible to breathe in the shoe shop.
women
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From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Every morning Manuel and Vidal, on their way to the shoemaker's, would talk of a thousand different things and exchange impressions; money, women, plans for the future formed everlasting themes of their chats.
